02-09-2005, 19:31
|
#1
|
|
Guest
Location: Sutton in Ashfield.
Services: Virgin, phone and 50meg Broadband.
Posts: n/a
|
A43 near the M40
Does anyone know what them massive satellite dishes are for plus them two great big dome things at the side of the A43 near to the M40. Is it some sort of listening station?
|
|
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 19:35
|
#2
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 7,737
|
Re: A43 near the M40
Hopefully for blowing up BMW's, 4x4's and chav mobiles which pass. 
|
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 19:38
|
#3
|
|
DOT 1.2 - 1.2.3.5 - 1.2.3
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Near Biggleswade
Age: 37
Services: SKY
BT ADSL 2+
Posts: 15,573
|
Re: A43 near the M40
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Nidge
Does anyone know what them massive satellite dishes are for plus them two great big dome things at the side of the A43 near to the M40. Is it some sort of listening station?
|
Maybe it's the local echelon station.... you DO know you're being watched right?
No - It's probably the same as the one up in yorkshire that used to look like giant golf balls. An eary warning rader system.
__________________
1/60 (L) 2/60 (R) + Photophobia
Confirmed 8th May 2012
|
|
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 19:45
|
#4
|
|
Guest
Location: Midlands
Services: NTL Phone/Cable
Posts: n/a
|
Re: A43 near the M40
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Nidge
Does anyone know what them massive satellite dishes are for plus them two great big dome things at the side of the A43 near to the M40. Is it some sort of listening station?
|
Seeing at it's an RAF station, I would assume it's a radar installation.
For obvious reasons, there's no tourist information sign at the entrance!
That dish certainly would be awesome for picking up Sky. lol.
|
|
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 19:53
|
#5
|
|
6 months, bad to worse
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Teesside
Posts: 8,298
|
Re: A43 near the M40
IIRC its the U.S listening staion, very top secret ....shhhhhhh 
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 19:55
|
#6
|
|
DOT 1.2 - 1.2.3.5 - 1.2.3
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Near Biggleswade
Age: 37
Services: SKY
BT ADSL 2+
Posts: 15,573
|
Re: A43 near the M40
I was gutted when they knocked the 'golf balls' down up in yorkshire and put the new things up 
__________________
1/60 (L) 2/60 (R) + Photophobia
Confirmed 8th May 2012
|
|
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 19:56
|
#7
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: bolton
Age: 42
Services: non
wife took control
Posts: 5,420
|
Re: A43 near the M40
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Saxodriver
Hopefully for blowing up BMW's, 4x4's and chav mobiles which pass. |
hey i drive a 4x4 
|
|
|
|
|
02-09-2005, 20:18
|
#8
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 2,126
|
Re: A43 near the M40
I think it is This Place m8 
__________________
Confusion Will Be My Epitaph.
|
|
|
|
03-09-2005, 01:07
|
#9
|
|
cf.ChavyType
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: chavy Nottingham
Age: 28
Services: Freeview, Sky+, 10 Mb/s NTL BB, mega PC, PSP, iPhone 3GS, your mum
Posts: 6,857
|
Re: A43 near the M40
Thought this would be another thread moaning about the hopeless Cherwell Valley interchange then...
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/badjunctions/40-43.shtml
__________________
PC: i7 950, 6GB RAM, HD5450, 4.25TB HDDs, HVR1100, win7HPx64
Laptop: Asus X52F (P6100, 4GB, 320 GB, W7HPx64)
Servers: E3300, 2GB RAM, 1.8TB HDD, WHS and Sempron 3600+, 2GB, 750 GB, ub10.04
|
|
|
|
|
03-09-2005, 06:17
|
#10
|
|
Guest
Location: Sutton in Ashfield.
Services: Virgin, phone and 50meg Broadband.
Posts: n/a
|
Re: A43 near the M40
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Julian
|
Cheers mate thanks. I wondered what it was.
|
|
|
|
|
03-09-2005, 22:11
|
#11
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Dog House
Age: 49
Posts: 13
|
Re: A43 near the M40
Don't read anything sinister into Domes either, all they are is a way of keeping the weather off expensive equipment and can more than double the life of the dish or aerial inside.
.........ex military Satcom and Radar electrician for 23 years
|
|
|
|
|
03-09-2005, 22:23
|
#12
|
|
Beware - Menopausal.
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Unfortunately David Camerons constituency
Age: 52
Services: ? BB, XL Digi TV, basic phone.
Posts: 6,804
|
Re: A43 near the M40
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Saxodriver
Hopefully for blowing up BMW's, 4x4's and chav mobiles which pass. |
I think AFAIK it's an old fashioned radio booster.
BTW we........Well hubby scared the bejeezers out of some young lad (and his mates) in our BMW 330i diesel, chasing/closely following (and eventually overtaking) some oiks in a mitsubishi evo 7. We recon he thought we were Mr Plod!
The pole/dishes are a radio thingy. Been there for years and years.
|
|
|
|
|
03-09-2005, 22:26
|
#13
|
|
Guest
|
Re: A43 near the M40
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Hawkwinddotcom
Don't read anything sinister into Domes either, all they are is a way of keeping the weather off expensive equipment and can more than double the life of the dish or aerial inside.
.........ex military Satcom and Radar electrician for 23 years
|
yeah, but before the domes we had wd40, we still do - I wouldn't have wanted to miss that
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:14.
|
Join CF
You are here: 
BlackJack
3 Card Poker
Aniki Pingpong
Bowling Master
Curveball
Hexxagon
Simon
Sonic
Jewel
Skeet Shoot
