Pelican wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:45 pm
Harry whip aerials still seem current, see attached of Shandong, I've seen photos of her with them in the horizontal but why so many?
Happy New Year David
I've never read any literature about their utilisation of the many tilting whip aerials on the Shandong (and/or sister), so can't really offer a verifiable answer.
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Pelican wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:45 pm
Our carriers don't seem to have so many or do they?
a) Please see the following excerpt regarding the external fleetwide HF comms for QEC carriers, dated 2009
Thales Wins Carrier Communications Contract
25 Mar 2009
News posted by Anonymous
Thales UK has signed a £25m sub-contract to deliver a high-tech communication system for the Royal Navy's two new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.
This contract win, which secures up to 50 local jobs at Thales's Crawley site, covers onboard and fleetwide communications, and is an important milestone in the develop ment programme for these ships, which will be named HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.
The onboard (internal to the ship) system - known as the Tactical, Command and Con trol Voice System (TC2V) - is critical to the everyday operation of a vessel this size. It ensures that the crew has access to onboard information and are in communication with their colleagues across the ship at all times. The system will use Internet Protocol (IP) networks to transmit data and voice, in the same way as modern businesses and offices communicate.
The fleetwide (external to the ship) element includes a high-frequency (HF) system to provide long-range communications between the ship and other vessels/land bases. All ships today, while having modern satellite and microwave communication systems, still rely on reliable and inexpensive HF methods to provide long-range communica tions. Thales provides a high-performance and flexible solution to this with its Series 8000 HF system.
Alex Cresswell, Managing Director of Thales UK's land & joint systems business, says: 'On such a large strategic vessel the Thales communication system forms the central ner vous system of the ship. This high-tech programme will be delivered from Thales UK's Crawley facility, where generations of communication equipment has been designed, manufactured and integrated into ships spanning more than half a century of Naval history.'
Source;
Qimtek
and:-
b) you may recall my many posts included on this and the old forum regarding the installations of Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) Loop HF antenna arrays
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Pelican wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:45 pm
Are wire aerials redundant?
Not entirely ... they are very evident on the T23's & LPD's Albion & Bulwark
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Pelican wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:45 pm
Also this video may be of interest if you did'nt see it on the 'General Naval Topics' thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzAHHUk ... c2FQf7rmdY
What do you make of the various flag hoists? PoW appears to have her pennant number hoisted, altho I may be wrong but QE does not?
This one much more difficult for me and I would have to delve into the appropriate ATP (or similar) to hatch up some answers - (although I bent on hundreds of flag hoists on 2 x Battle Class destroyers, the signal composition was done by the buntings that I was assisting).