HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY KUROVSKOYE, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04759A001300010024-7
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: June 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY
KUROVSKOYE, USSR
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HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY, KUROVSKOYE, USSR
A large high-frequency (HF) communica-
tions facility is situated about 8 nautical miles
east of Kurovskoye at 55-35N 39-11E (Figure
1), and consists of 45 rhombic antennas, 2 con-
trol buildings with a third under construction, a
probable power station, and a support area con-
taining about 17 buildings (Figures 2 and 3). The
entire facility is probably fence enclosed but the
exact lines are indistinct. The northwest portion
of the facility appears to be undergoing expan-
sion, with 14 antennas and the third control build-
ing under construction.
Identification and orientation of the rhombic
antennas, as given in Table 1, were accomplished
by means of the characteristic diamond shape of
the clearings and by the positions ofguy-anchor
bases, the small scale of the photography pre-
cluding identification of individual antenna
masts. For this reason, the given azimuths
and antenna dimensions are only approximate
and are not considered accurate enough for ex-
tended detailed study. Also, the possible corre-
spondents, as listed, are simply the result of ex-
tending great-circle arcs along the approximate
azimuths and noting which locations they went
through or near.
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FIGURE 2. HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY, KUROVSKOYE.
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Numbers are keyed to Table 1
(Drawn from unrectified photography)
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Antenna Major Axis
Number (ft, approx)
1 400
2 780
3 770
4 570
5 Z95
6 850
7 '600
8 850
9 550
10 680
11 1,030
12 850
13 950
14 750
15 900
16 650
17 660
18 880
19 810
20 820
21 815
22 925
23 590
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Minor Axis
(ft, approx)
300
430
495
345
470
375
305
520
275
410
490
510
495
370
505
320
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460
585
540
360
585
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.Antenna
Number
Major Axis
(ft, approx)
770
630
720
600
805
725
795
795
850
630
895
915
620
855
830
500
920
600
660
945
690
Minor Axis
(ft, approx'
485
360
400
310
420
430
530..
620
480
425
405
590
405
510
530
330
350
265
315
560
330
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Possible
Correspondent
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Riga
Riga
Leningrad
Leningrad
Norilsk
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Karaganda
Ufa
Balkhash
Orsk, Alma-Ata
Ors k, Alma-Ata
.Arkhangelsk
Undetermined
Mezen
Ors k, Alma-Ata
Possible
Correspondent
Ors k, Alma-Ata
Kuybyshev
Orenburg
Undetermined
Kiyev
Odessa
Undetermined
Undetermined
Tashkent
Tashkent
Novo-Kazalinsk
Undetermined
Tadzhik SSR
Tadzhik SSR
Undetermined
Saratov
.Astrakhan
Volgograd
Sevastopol
Lvov
Undetermined
Brest
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