COMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS IN THE KARAGANDA AREA USSR

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• Publication Date: March 1, 1961
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March 1961
DECLASS REVIEW BY NIMA / DoD
COMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS
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KARAGANDA AREA. USSR
Published and Disseminated by
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER
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COMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS
IN THE
KARAGANDA AREA, USSR
MINICAR" COPY
P I C, R- 1002, 61
March 1961
Published and Disseminated by
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER
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PREFACE
This report has been prepared in answer to a general requirement
requesting detailed information on all communications installations within
a 25-kilometer radius of Karaganda, USSR. Information in this report
is based on an analysis of aerial photography and collateral reports.
A helpful analysis of collateral reports through 1958 was prepared by
the Radio Stations Branch, OCR/CIA.
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This report is an analysis of six communications installations which
lie within a 25-kilometer radius of Karaganda, USSR (Figure 1). Included
are point-to-point communications stations and local broadcasting stations.
Air navigation facilities and surface-to-air communications facilities are
not included. The six communications stations covered in this report in-
clude four radio stations, one television station, and one probable micro-
wave station.
25X1 D Aerial photography of completely covers the area within
a 25-kilometer radius of Karaganda. It should be noted, however, that
45 percent of the area is cloud-covered. A scan of the photography reveals
the existence of a large radio,station and a television station. A detailed
photographic analysis of these two stations is included in this report.
Collateral reports furnish a description of three other radio stations and
one microwave station. Although these stations cannot be identified on the
photography on which this report is based, due to cloud cover, the location
and description of each are included in this report in order to provide the
most complete intelligence on the communications installations in the
Karaganda area.
RADIO STATION, INSTALLATION NO I
A radio station with local broadcasting and point-to-point communi-
cations facilities is located at 49-48N 73-03E, approximately 8 kilometers
southwest of the new railroad station at New Karaganda (Figure 1,
item 1). It is served by an all-weather road, is enclosed by a fence, and
covers approximately 128 acres (3,200 by 1,750 feet). The station con-
sists primarily of a transmitter building with two adjacent cooling ponds,
two support-type buildings, three rhombic antennas, and a guyed vertical
radiator (Figures 2 and 3).
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FIGURE 7. LOCATION OF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, KARAGANDA, USSR.
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cure, with two associated cooling ponds (item G) 180 feet apart, located
just east of the building. One pond contains water and the other appears
to be empty. Probable buried cables extend out in various directions from
the transmitter building. Table 1 is a tabulation of all structures in the
area. Letter designations are keyed to Figure 3.
Antennas
A guyed vertical radiator 850 feet high is located in the center of the
eastern portion of the station (Figure 3). At. the base of this vertical
radiator is a tuning house (item I). Furrowed ground scars, which indi-
cate a buried radial ground screen, radiate to a maximum of 850 feet from
the base of the vertical radiator. A buried cable connects the tuning house
with the transmitter building.
Concrete anchor bases and disturbed earth indicate the existence
of four probable guyed stick masts (items 4, 5, 6, and 7) southwest of the
transmitter building. Due to the absence of shadows on the photography,
the masts cannot be identified. Other anchor bases and disturbed earth
indicate the existence of three rhombic antennas (items 1, 2, and 3)
TABLE 2. RHOMBIC ANTENNAS, RADIO STATION, INSTALLATION NO 1
MAJOR MINOR DISTANCES LENGTH OF HEIGHT OF END COMPUTED ORIENTATION
AXIS AXIS BETWEEN END ONE SIDE AND SIDE POLES TILT OF MAJOR
ANTENNA (FEET) (FEET) POLES (FEET) (FEET) (FEET) ANGLE AXIS (DEGREES)
1 470 960 65
2 950 480 110
3 370 245 ----
in the western half of the station,
on the photography, masts cannot
but again, due to the absence of shadows
be identified. Two of the antennas make
up a paired double-rhombic antenna (one day and one night), and the
other is a single rhombic antenna. Table 2 is a tabulation of the rhombic
antennas with their respective measurements. Number designations are
keyed to Figure 3.
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Overhead Power and Communications Lines
From the urban area of New Karaganda an overhead power line,
which may also carry land line communications, enters the station from
the southeast and continues to the transmitter building (Figure 3).
TELEVISION STATION, INSTALLATION NO 2
A television station is located at 49-50N 73-08E, approximately one
kilometer south of the railroad station in New Karaganda (Figure 1, item
2). This station was reported in _ to be tinder construction 1/2/.
25X1D and a study of -aerial photography reveals that the station may be
structurally complete (Figure 4). The major facilities consist of a 610-
foot-high self-supporting steel lattice tower with a 65-foot-square base,
25X1D a 105-foot stick mast (diameter) coolingpond1(item F), a broad-
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casting building'.(item A), and several other buildings. Table 3 is a tabu-
lation of all structures in the station. Letter designations are keyed to
Figure 4.
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BUILDING 2 & 3 COMPLEX 150 x 115 x 40
E3 l'NIDE:N'1'IFIEI) 2 lilt, 90 x 45 x 25
C l'NII KNTIFII.v I FLAT 20 x 15 x 10
I) UNI1) F.NTIVI F.1) 1 FLAT 20 x 25_
E: UNIDF:NTIFIF:D I COMPLEX 120 x 65 x 15
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REPORTED RADIO STATION, INSTALLATION NO 3
A radio transmitting station is reported to be located at 49-49N 73-08E
2 kilometers south of the railroad station and about 0.5 kilometers south-
east of the Military Administration Headquarters Building in New Kara-
ganda (Figure 1, item 3). The site cannot be identified on photography due
to cloud cover. This station, which is enclosed by a barbed wire fence 4/,
covers approximately 3 acres (360 by 360 feet) 3/ and is probably the
local broadcasting station known as "Radio UZE."
Structures reported to be located at the station are one and/or two
single-story brick buildings which measure 20 by^by 5 meters 3/ and.
meters. / Two 25- to 50-meter-high steel trestle or lattice-
type masts are reported to be located at the station. 3/ 4/ The masts are
braced and located about 50 meters apart. 4/ This station may be asso-
ciated with the Military Administration Headquarters. 5/
REPORTED RADIO STATION, INSTALLATION NO 4
A radio station, which due to cloud cover cannot be identified on the
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photography, is reported to be located at 49-44N 72-55E, approximately
20 kilometers southeast of New Karaganda in the town of Dubovskoye (Fig-
ure 1, item 4). The station is reported to consist of two large steel masts,
each 5 meters high, and from four to six smaller masts. From four to
six small antennas are reported to be positioned on the top of each of the
large masts. 6/
A probable radio station, which due to cloud cover cannot be identi-
fied on the photography, is reported to be located at 49-54N 73-12E, 7.5
kilometers northeast of the railroad station in New Karaganda and about
0.5 kilometers north of the Karaganda mining machinery plant (Figure 1,
25X1 D item 5). This station is reported to consist of four single wooden buildings
each 30 = meters (with steep saddle roofs), and two round steel masts
about 20 to 25 meters in height braced with steel wiring. 7/
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REPORTED MICROWAVE STATION, INSTALLATION NO 6
A probable microwave station, which due to cloud cover cannot be
identified on the photography, is reported to be located at 49-50N 73-08E
on the Post, Radio, and Telegraph Administration Building approximately
one kilometer southeast of the railroad station in New Karaganda, (Figure
1, item 6). This building, of brick and stucco construction, is two to three
stories in height and measures about 70 by 20 by 15 meters. 8/ Two disk-
shaped objects, approximately- meters in diameter, arrangedone above
the other, are positioned on a vertical pole meters high. The pole is
mounted on a wooden platform which is locate on the roof of the building.
9/ The disk-shaped objects are probably microwave antennas.
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ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 25, Sheet
Oct 56, scale 1:25,000 (S) -
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 100, Sheet
ed, Jun 55, scale 1:100,000 (S)
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25X1A 7 Sen 51. F-0 (C
5. Army, USAREURIC. 513 MI Group, RV 207-56, 16 Mar 56,
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25X1A 1. Air, USAFE. 7050 Air INTSERGRU, Bad Soden Team,
AF#1122326, 31 Jul 57, Documentary (U)
25X1A 2. Air, USAFE. 7050 Air INTSERGRU, Stuttgart Team, 7051 Air
INTSERON, AF#1145271, 11 Nov 57, F-3 (C)
25X1A 3. Air, USAFE. 7050 Air INTSERWG, Det. 1, 7056 AISS,
AF#742946, 13 Mar 56, F-6 (C)
4. Air, USAFE. 7050 Air INTSERWG, Det. 4, 7056 Air INTSERON,
25X1A 20 Aug 56, F-6 (C)
25X1A 8. Air, USAF E. 7001 AISS, Report 29
25X1A 9. Air, USAFE. 7053 AISS, 7050 Air INTSERGP,
AF#1147164, 29 Oct 57, F-6 (C)
27 Nov 50, F-0 (C,)
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