HIGH-POWERED RADIO STATION NEAR EL MANSURA, EGYPT

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• Publication Date: March 1, 1959
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
HIGH-POWERED RADIO STATION
NEAR EL MANSURA, EGYPT
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MARCH 1959
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HIGH-POWERED RADIO STATION
NEAR EL MANSURA, EGYPT
A high-powered radio broadcasting station probably operating in the
medium-frequency range is located at 31?11'N/31?26'-E, eight nautical
miles north of El Mansura, Egypt on the northern edge of the village of
Busat. The station occupies an irregularly-shaped area of 160 acres of
irrigated land with over-all dimensions of 3,000 by 2,700 feet.
25X1 D As of the station consisted of 21 buildings, in the
final stages of construction or completed, two guyed vertical radiators,
one self -supporting lattice. tower, a transformer yard, and a cooling pond
under construction. The area is probably fenced although it is not possible
to identify a fence around the entire area. An overhead power line enters
from the northeast and leads to the transformer yard.
The following is a tabulation of the various facilities within the instal-
lation that can be identified on aerial photography. Numbers used to des-
ignate structures in the tabulation correspond to numbers used to identify
the same items on the accompanying graphic.
A. Structures
1. Transformer yard containing one irregularly-shaped building
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with over-all dimensions of 35 feet.
Flat-roofed building,
Two flat-roofed buildings. One is L-shaped and has over-
all dimensions of with each wing 10 feet wide.
The other' is 10 feet square.
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Five flat-roofed buildings, each
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Irregularly-shaped building, two-story. Over-all dimensions
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of the ground floor are 70 by 50 feet and of the second floor
_50 feet.
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Two flat-roofed, two-story buildings, each 45 _ feet.
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7. Flat-roofed, L-shaped building, two'-story, with over-all
dimensions of 150 by.~ 90 feet. The width of the longer wing
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8. Flat-roofed, L-shaped building, two-story. One wing mea-
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ing with over-all dimensions of 250 by `115 feet.' Each wing
is 70 feet wide. There are two probable ventilators on the
roof. Earth embankments, have been built against the east
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25X1 D 10. Cooling Pond" 145 =feet, with -a_wide' excavation
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11. Two flat-roofed buildings, 30 -feet- and 30 feet.
12. Curved-roof building 70 feet square, single-story, with pro-
jecting shed 40 by 15 feet.
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Coupling/tuning house 25 feet square.
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Two coupling/tuning houses, each 25 feet square.
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Flat-roofed building
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B. Antennas
1. '`Two guyed broadcast vertical radiators, approximately 810
feet high and located 430 feet apart. Two collateral reports
give the height : of these radiators' as' 840 feet. The
photo derived figure, could easily be in error as much as
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line projected between the two vertical radiators wo nave an azimuth orientation of There are three sets 25X1 D
of guy-wire anchors supporting each radiator. Each set con-
sists of two anchors placed at distances of 340 feet and 640
feet from the radiator base. An overhead feed line' leads from
the probable transmitter building (Item 9) to the coupling/
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tuning house (Item 13) located in line with and' midway be-
tween the two vertical radiators . From this building
the overhead feed line divides and leads to two coupling/
tuning houses (Item 14), one of which is at the base of each
vertical radiator.
2. One 210-foot-high self-supporting lattice tower is located
in the southwest corner of the radio station. A small building
(Item 15) adjacent to the base of this tower may serve as
a coupling/tuning house. No feed line can be seen leading to
this building or to the tower. However, because of the state
of construction activity the lack of an identifiable feed line
does not preclude future use of the tower as an antenna.
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REQUIREMENT: Prepared in answer to RR/E/R137/58 requesting
description of powerful radio broadcasting station under con-
struction in the vicinity of El Mansura , Egypt.
PHOTO DATA:
MAP DATA:
Army Map Service, Series P671, Sheet 92, Scale 1:100,000 (U)
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