KUN-MING HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, CHINA

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• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: December 1, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
KUN-MING HF COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITIES, CHINA
DECEMBER 1974
COPYNO.,122
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PIR-073/74
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KUNMING HF COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITIES. CHINA
DECEMBER 1974
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KUN-MING HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, CHINA
1. This report discusses 17 of 20 high frequency communications facilities in the area around
Kun-ming, China. The other three facilities were discussed in a previous NPIC report entitled Kun-ming
Communications Complex.
2. This report describes each facility and includes a map, eight annotated photographs, and
13 tables which include all pertinent mensural data obtainable on the antennas at these facilities.
3. Of the 17 high frequency (HF) communications facilities described in this report, 13 are
within a 12-nautical-mile (nm) radius of Kun-ming; three facilities are near the town of Cheng-chiang,
25 nm southeast of Kun-ming; and one is near An-ning, 15 nm southwest of Kun-ming (Figure 1).
Although one of the facilities, Cheng-chiang HF Communications Facility 2, was described in a previous
report,' it has been included in this report because of significant changes.
4. The 13 installations in the vicinity of Kun-ruing city are:
Kun-ming Radio Communications (Radcom) Receiver Station Northwest (item 1, Figure
1)
Kun-ming Radcom Transmitter Station Northwest (item 2)
Kun-ming Radcom Station Northwest (item 3)
Kun-ming Radcom Transmitter Station Southwest (item 4)
Kun-ming Military Region Headquarters (item 5)
Kun-ming Communications Facility (item 6)
Kun-ming/Wu-chia-pa Possible Electronics Facility (item 7)
Kun-ming Radcom Station Wu-chia-pa Airfield Southeast (item 8)
Kun-ming Radcom Receiver Station Southeast (item 9)
Kun-ming Radcom Transmitter Station Northeast (item 10)
Kun-ming/Wu-chia-pa Airfield (item 11)
Cheng-kung Transmitter Station North (item 12)
Cheng-kung HF Communications Facility (item 13)
The installations near the towns of Cheng-chiang and An-ning are:
Cheng-chiang Radcom Station (item 14)
Cheng-chiang HF Communications Facility 2 (item 15)
Cheng-chiang Military Headquarters Area (item 16)
An-ning HF Communications Facility (item 17)
5. Three additional HF communications facilities in the Kun-ming vicinity were described in
previous
reports These facilities are: Cheng-chiang HF Communications Facility C
Cheng-chiang HF Communications Facility 3 and An-ping Radcom
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Kun-ming Radcom Receiver Station Northwest
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NA
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
25-04-18N 102-32-29E
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COMIREX NO.
None
6. The facility is 9 mn west-northwest of Kun-ming and consists of a fence-secured
operations/ support area and an antenna field (Figure 2 and Table 1). The operations/ support area
contains one multiwing control building, one administration building, five barracks, one probable
messhall, a guardhouse, and three support buildings. The antenna field is south of the
operations/ support area and contains seven rhombic, three quadrant, and five horizontal dipole
antennas. Feedlines observed in most of the rhombic antennas indicate a transmitting capability.
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Kun-ming Radcom Transmitter Station Northwest
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25-05-41N 102-38-34E
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7. The installation (Figure 3 and Table 2) is 3.5 nm northwest of Kun-ming. It consists of
an operations/support area and an antenna field. The wall-secured operations/support area contains
one probable control building, one quarters, three housing or support buildings, and six support
buildings. The antenna field is east of the operations/support area and contains one rhombic and
24 horizontal dipole antennas. In October 1972 a trench, possibly for a cable or pipeline, was observed
extending through the communications facility and terminating at the adjacent Kun-ming Maintenance
and Storage Area
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INSTALLATION OR ACTIVITY NAME
Kun-ming Radcom Station Northwest
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MAP REFERENCE
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
25-04-30N 102-38-20E
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NEGATION DATE (If required)
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8. The station is 3 nm northwest of Kun-ming and consists of a control area and possible
support area. The control area consists of a fence-secured probable covered alit on the side of a
steep hill. A possible support area is at the base of the hill beneath the alit and contains three
multistory administration buildings, six possible quarters, and at least 19 support buildings. The
antenna field (Table 3), containing four horizontal dipole antennas, is east of the control area and
the possible support area. A branch from the trench seen at Kun-ming Radcom Transmitter Station
Northwest was observed extending into this facility area in October 1972.
INSTALLATION OR ACTIVIT
Kun-ming Militar
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Y NAME
y Region Headquarters
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25-01-50N 102-42-10E
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10. This facility is the probable headquarters of the Kun-ming Military Region. A single
horizontal dipole antenna, observed at the communications facility of the headquarters in January
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Kun-ming Comm
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MAP REFERENCE
COMIREX NO.
None
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LATEST IMAGERY USED
NEGATION DATE (If required)
INSTALLATION OR ACTIVITY NAME
Kun-ming Radcom Transmitter Station Southwest
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MAP REFERENCE
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25-02-iON 102-40-40E
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NEGATION DATE (If required
COMIREX NO
None
11. Only one vertical mast remains of the seven vertical masts last seen at the facility in February
1971. The facility is probably not operational,
INSTALLATION OR ACTIVITY NAME
Kun-ming/Wu-chia-pa Possible Electronics Facility
UTM COORDINATES
MAP REFERENCE
Y NAME
unications Facility
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
25-01-06N 102-44-29E
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25-00-40N 102-44-bE
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None
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9. No antennas could be identified at this facility. One horizontal dipole antenna, last seen
in June 1967, has probably been removed.
NEGATION DATE (If required)
12. Four horizontal dipole antennas were observed at this facility in May 1971 and were later
removed. The facility's support area contains a possible control building, 20 quarters, and six support
buildings. A large square pad for a probable electronics tower is just north of the support area and
was first observed in March 1973. Two probable cable trenches enter the area from the south.
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Kun-ming Radcom Station Wu-chia-pa Airfield Southeast
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13. The station is 1.5 nin southeast of Kun-ming/Wu-chai-pa Airfield and consists of a control
area and an antenna field. The wall-secured control area contains a control building, one quarters,
a messhall, and four support buildings. The antenna field is north of the facility and contains two
rhombic, five quadrant, and four horizontal dipole antennas (Table 4).
Kun-ming Radcom Receiver Station Southeast
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
24-56-28N 102-46-37E
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14. The facility is 6 nm southeast of Kun-ming and consists of a large operations/support area
and an antenna field. The operations/support area is wall secured and contains six administration
buildings, seven barracks, one auditorium, and 16 storage/support buildings. The antenna field (Table
5) surrounds the operations/ support area and contains four fishbone, one rhombic, one horizontal
dipole, one THICK EIGHT HF/DF, and six quadrant antennas.
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Kun-ming Radcom Transmitter Station Northeast
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NA
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25-06-01N 102-45-03E
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15. The station (Figure 4 and Table 6) is 3.5 nm northeast of Kun-ming and consists of an
operations/ support area and an antenna field. The operations/support area contains a wall-secured
control building and an unsecured support building. The antenna field surrounds the operations/support
area and contains three rhombic, 16 horizontal dipole, and two quadrant antennas. In March 1973
a probable cable trench (Figure 1) was observed extending into the control area. This is probably
for a segment of an underground cable that is under construction between Kun-ming and the Kuei-yang
area of Kweichow Province.
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Kun-ming/Wu-chia-pa Airfield
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24-59-27N 102-44-32E
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16. The communications facility (Figure 5 and Table 7) is just south of the terminal area of
Kun-ming/Wu-chia-pa Airfield and contains two quadrant and two horizontal dipole antennas. No
control area could be identified; it is possibly in the civilian terminal building.
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Cheng-kung Transmitter Station North
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17. This facility (Figure 6 and Table 8) is 7 nm southeast of Kun-ming and consists of an
operations/support area and two antenna fields. The operations/support area is wall secured and
contains three probable control buildings, one multistory administration building, 16 barracks, six
quarters, one messhall, 11 storage support buildings, and six vehicle storage buildings. One antenna
field is just east of the operations/support area and contains four horizontal dipole antennas; a fifth
dipole antenna was removed between December 1972 and March 1974. The second antenna field
is within the western part of the operations/support area and contains six horizontal dipole antennas.
These antennas were added between March and December 1972. Two FIX EIGHT HF/DF antennas
are south of the operations/support area. A portion of the facility is used as a surface-to-surface
missile (SSM) headquarters
; it is 6 nm west of Ku
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Cheng-kung HF Communications Facility
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18. This facility (Figure 7 and Table 9) is 3,000 feet northwest of Cheng-kung Airfield
and 12 nm southeast of Kun-ming. The facility consists of an operations/support area
and an antenna field. The operations/support area contains two wall-secured control buildings, one
quarters building, one messhall, two possible quarters, ten possible barracks, and one possible
administration building. The antenna field is north of the control buildings and contains three rhombic,
two quadrant, and three horizontal dipole antennas. One of the rhombic antennas was under
construction in April 1974.
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19. The facility (Figure 8 and Table 10) is 20 nm southeast of Kun-ming and was first identified
in September 1973 The facility consists of an operations/support area and an antenna
field. The operations/support area includes three wall-secured administration/control buildings, 11
multistory quarters, 14 barracks, two messhalls, and 24 support buildings. The antenna field is
southeast of the operations/support area and contains three rhombic antennas and one fislibone
antenna. The antennas were under construction in January 1974 and complete by April 1974.
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Cheng-chiang HF
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Communications Facility 2
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24-38-30N 102-56-05E
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20. The installation (Figure 9 and Table 11) is 27 nm southeast of Kun-ming and consists
of an operations/ support area and an antenna field. The operations/support area contains two
wall-secured control buildings, a covered adit or bunker, 15 barracks, one messhall, and 26
storage/support buildings. The antenna field, west of the operations/support area, now contains two
rhombic and 11. horizontal dipole antennas. One rhombic antenna had been removed, one horizontal
dipole antenna realigned, and two new masts added to the antenna field between January and April
1974. The two new masts may be part of a rhombic antenna under construction. The earlier
configuration of this facility was described in the previous NPIC report.'
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21. The facility (Table 12) contains one quadrant antenna and one probable quadrant antenna
under construction. No operations/support area can be identified, but it is probably in the southern
part of the headquarters area which contains five large administration buildings, eight multistory
quarters, two messhalls, and nine support buildings. A probable underground cable connecting this
facility and Cheng-chiang HF Communications Facility 2 (Figure 9) was observed in December 1.973
An-ping HF Communications Facility
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22. The facility (Table 13) is 21 nm southwest of Kun-ming and contains an operations/ support
area and an antenna field. The operations/support area consists of a fence-secured adit entrance,
five barracks, one messhall, and one building under construction. The antenna field is southeast of
the operations/support area and contains five probable horizontal dipole antennas with reflectors.
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