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MSR / MSCB Photos: Exterior
Miscellaneous, Gallery 3 (Scott Murdock photos)
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Scott Murdock's 2013 trip report
North in November (new window)
(GSA tour for prospective SRMSC buyers.)
Copyright © 2013, Scott D. Murdock. Used with permission.
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MSR turret (left), power plant stacks (right)
MSR turret closeups
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S036, S037: Emergency exit door from MSCB level 3
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S034: MSR turret face (one of four)
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Three lightning arresters protrude from the top of the structure.
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The phased array antenna at the center contained more than 5,000 array elements, was 13 feet in diameter, and weighed
over 400,000 pounds.
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The smaller antenna array located to the lower right of the main array was the Q-channel antenna. Its purpose was
to reject or "blank" signals received on the array sidelobes (portions of the antenna response pattern not contained
in the main beam).
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The pipes and nozzles around the perimeter of the antennas were the antenna washdown devices. Their purpose was to
wash and/or de-ice the antenna face/elements with a cleaning/de-icer solution.