Soviet era tesla coils Re: Russian high-voltage installation (being scrapped?)

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: Russian high-voltage installation (being scrapped?)
>      Does anyone else recall a show on Discovery Channel (or one like it),
> discussing the possibility of the Soviets running Tesla Coils? While my
> memory is vague on this, I recall some Canadian ham radio operators
> complaining that some frequencies were no longer usable because of
> interference, and they showed the signal coming across pretty clearly on
an
> oscilloscope.

I imagine you're referring to "the woodpecker", a big over the horizon HF
radar. Based at Krasnyorsk (sp?).
Yep.. pretty darn annoying on HF.


>
>      I have a faint memory that there were three sites eventually
> triangulated, all in the western portion of the USSR. Because this was pre
> Soviet collapse no investigation was possible.
>
>      If this doesn't ring any bells I can go look up an article I did that
> mentioned this and get more details. I'm just wondering if anyone knows
> offhand.
>
>      Thanks,
>
>      Dave Small