[BC] horns

[Mark Humphrey]

Those antennas, designed over a half-century ago, had
impressive specs, too... 40 dB of return loss, 70 dB
front-to-back ratio, and lots of bandwidth.  

If you're curious, here's the Bell System spec sheet
and a 1955 article about their development.

http://long-lines.net/tech-equip/radio/BSP402421100/p01.html

http://long-lines.net/tech-equip/radio/BLR1155/401.html

Does anyone know what's happening to those old
taken-down horns -- are they just being sold for
scrap, or has someone come up with another use?  I
would think the SETI League might be interested in a
few of them.

Mark


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> The large cornicopia horns and similar ilk were
> first used for the TD-2  
> radio used by AT&T stateside for about 3.9 to 4.2
> gHz. service. 

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