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It's not a UFO [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Image:200906275213-IMG_1736.JPG], its a VOR, Very high frequency Omni-directional Range.  It's a navigational aid.  (From before aircraft had GPS.)  It's Lat + Long should be recorded quite accurately on aeronautical charts if you need a basepoint for a no batteries geohash. -- [[User:Fbfree|Fbfree]]
 
It's not a UFO [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Image:200906275213-IMG_1736.JPG], its a VOR, Very high frequency Omni-directional Range.  It's a navigational aid.  (From before aircraft had GPS.)  It's Lat + Long should be recorded quite accurately on aeronautical charts if you need a basepoint for a no batteries geohash. -- [[User:Fbfree|Fbfree]]
 
:Thanks for the information. We were wondering what detection/transmission job would need that many antennas in such close space. :) -- [[Special:Contributions/195.37.79.91|195.37.79.91]] 07:08, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 
:Thanks for the information. We were wondering what detection/transmission job would need that many antennas in such close space. :) -- [[Special:Contributions/195.37.79.91|195.37.79.91]] 07:08, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
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:These are the coordinates: http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?nav=KLASDORF&nav_id=KLF&nav_type=4 -- [[Special:Contributions/195.37.79.91|195.37.79.91]] 07:12, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

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Yay! About time you guys went hashing together. --starbird 21:00, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Congrats on making the Meetup graph completely obsolete once again. --aperfectring 23:52, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

It's not a UFO [1], its a VOR, Very high frequency Omni-directional Range. It's a navigational aid. (From before aircraft had GPS.) It's Lat + Long should be recorded quite accurately on aeronautical charts if you need a basepoint for a no batteries geohash. -- Fbfree

Thanks for the information. We were wondering what detection/transmission job would need that many antennas in such close space. :) -- 195.37.79.91 07:08, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
These are the coordinates: http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?nav=KLASDORF&nav_id=KLF&nav_type=4 -- 195.37.79.91 07:12, 29 June 2009 (UTC)