{"id":51826,"date":"2022-02-10T07:43:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T11:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=51826"},"modified":"2022-02-10T07:43:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T11:43:12","slug":"sam-asks-are-antenna-arrays-found-on-dc-embassies-operational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/sam-asks-are-antenna-arrays-found-on-dc-embassies-operational\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam asks: Are antenna arrays found on DC embassies operational?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/RomaniaAntenna-scaled-e1644493163753.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51827\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/RomaniaAntenna-scaled-e1644493163753.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1149\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Sam Alcorn, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A query:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Many of the embassies in Washington, D.C., have impressive-looking antenna systems. Pictured (above) is the array atop the Romanian Embassy on 23rd St. NW. It looks well maintained and I&#8217;ve been wondering if they, and others, are operational &#8211; especially in this Internet era. Can anyone here shed any light on these operations? Are they still used? Frequencies? Power?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Sam Alcorn<br \/>\nWashington, D.C. 20009<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for your inquiry Sam. I, too, have noticed impressive antenna arrays on some of the DC embassies. Perhaps someone in the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> community can shed a little light? Please comment!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Sam Alcorn, who writes: A query: Many of the embassies in Washington, D.C., have impressive-looking antenna systems. Pictured (above) is the array atop the Romanian Embassy on 23rd St. NW. It looks well maintained and I&#8217;ve been wondering if they, and others, are operational &#8211; especially in this Internet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1936,43],"tags":[9659,9461],"class_list":["post-51826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-photos","category-shortwave-radio","tag-embassy-radio","tag-sam-alcorn-kb3dfj"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dtU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50299,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/sam-found-where-genealogy-and-radio-meet\/","url_meta":{"origin":51826,"position":0},"title":"Sam found where genealogy and radio meet","author":"Thomas","date":"September 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Sam Alcom (KB3DFJ), who shares the following guest post: Genealogy and radio meet by Sam Alcom (KB3DFJ) Who knew two of my hobbies \u2013 genealogy and radio \u2013 would joyfully collide in such an unexpected way? 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