Several years ago, some ofus did the North Carolina QSO Party from the old Voice of American Site Clocation, near Greenville, NC. While VOA Sites A & B were monster transmittingstations, with Sterba curtain antennas, Site C, the Edward R. Murro station,was a spook receiving station. I’ve copied some info below about the site.There were several rhombics that were used for signal monitoring. I recall aname plate at the “feedpoint” that said where the rhombics, were directed. LikeMoscow, Prague, Monrovia, etc. We loaded up the Moscow rhombic on 15 meter foneand had lots of eastern European contacts J. Inside the facility were the bare bones of the operation, including acrypto room behind bullet-proof glass. It was a very fun operating experience.
Bob K4RLC
VOA Site C originally had633 acres (256 ha) near Falkland, North Carolina. This site is the only receiving station in the area. In1968, this station was rededicated as Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station, inhonor of EdwardR. Murrow, former director of the United States Information Agency. In 1987, the sitebecame a gateway Earth station for the Global Satellite Interconnect System. In1998, satellite dishes were placed on the Cohen Building in Washington, D.C.Greenville then became a receive-only station and acted as a backup to theheadquarters site.[5] It was decommissioned in 1999 and sold to East Carolina University in 2001.[2]Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge artifacts are being restored there2]
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International Broadcasting Bureau Greenville Transmitting Station
In the early 1950s, VOA planned for the construction of a high-power shortwave complex on the East Coast of the ...
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Falkland, North Carolina
The Falkland Historic District, Spencer Harris House, and Dupree-Moore Farm are listed on the National Register ...
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