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China's stealth jet -J-20
On Jan 12, 4:52*pm, Daryl Hunt wrote:
On 1/12/2011 3:13 PM, Andrew Swallow wrote: On 12/01/2011 18:11, Jim Wilkins wrote: On Jan 12, 8:31 am, wrote: ... Not sure how true it is BUT I live about a mile from Filton and in an area where there were a lot of people who worked on the project. When new neighbours moved in next door about ten years ago they started stripping wallpaper and found a thin wire similar to a radio aerial running round the picture rail of a back bedroom........... One of the previous owners was an aircraft engineer. -- Malcolm That sounds like an old shortwave antenna, not one for VHF or UHF aircraft or military bands. http://www.hamuniverse.com/shortwaveantenna.html jsw Shortwave can reach spy central near Moscow. Andrew Swallow Or just about anywhere else. *I doubt if it was monitored then as it is now looking for code words to trigger. *I doubt they had the capability unless there was a huge room full of people involved each listing on a different freq. Used to be that way. Pfc's with a tape recorder were cheap. |
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