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   Message 105,831 of 106,048   
   Marco Moock to All   
   Re: The Russian Woodpecker returns?   
   03 Mar 22 20:43:07   
   
   From: mo01@posteo.de   
      
   Am Donnerstag, 03. März 2022, um 16:35:09 Uhr schrieb C Mercadal:   
      
   > Is it even feasible that it could be the same Russian Woodpecker   
   > of yore?  From what I've read, the Russian Woodpecker was   
   > decommissioned in the late-1980s, and was thought to have originated   
   > near Chernobyl in the Ukraine.  What are the odds that a 30 year old   
   > system could just be powered back up and operational, or that they   
   > would even do so?   
      
   I don't think that they made that facility usable.   
   I saw some pictures of the antenna where some parts of the cage antenna   
   were on the ground. I also don't know what happened to the transmitter   
   itself, but I think in 35 years in the nature it must be damaged.   
      
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