Ok, Whats up with Black Canyon City?

TerryC · Nov 11, 2012

Ok, What's up with Black Canyon City?

Black Canyon City, AZ has a large antenna field. Probably satelite recievers. What's going on? TTC

jeff of pa · Nov 11, 2012

perhaps a Radio Observatory ?

I can't locate anything on penn pilot arial.
Arizona is sort of washed out (too light)
Penn Pilot Photo Centers
I would need more accurate location to zoom in.

googling Radio Observatory Black Canyon City, AZ

brings up
[h=3]national radio astronomy observatory Crown King | Find national ...[/h]

jeff of pa · Nov 11, 2012

which I'm guessing is this ? Unfortunately no Birds Eye View

TerryC · Nov 12, 2012

Yes, that's them. Here are two Google pics. There are seven antennas. Using a nearby "big rig", I figure they are ABOUT 125 feet high. (the big rig box is throwing a 6.25 foot shadow so a 60 foot shadow indicates a 125 foot structure) TTC

nuggetshooter323 · Nov 13, 2012

It could be part of a larger op, they set up multiple satcom sites so they can triangulate signals better and create a larger network. When I was in Alaska, I was at a site that helped track space debris. During the cold war, it was used for tracking Soviet missle shots.

AzOutcast · Dec 7, 2012

Those are fairly new. I live in BCC and I'm not quite sure what they are either. It's not the Crown King Observatory, that's another 30 or so miles up the mountain. That particular location used to be Turkey Creek Ranch, then it was a Polo club, and now I believe it's a riding stable. I can't remember if they were there before or after the gas line went in a cpl years ago. I will do some asking around and find out wth they are. There are claims all over the backside of that location, but I doubt they'd have anything to do with gold. If you go north and west from there, there are several concrete pads just in the middle of nowhere. BCC is full of interesting mysteries.