HIGH-FREQUENCY BROADCAST/BROADCAST-RELAY STATION KUYBYSHEV, USSR

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• Publication Date: April 1, 1961
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April 1961
JOI!4T PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
HIGH-FREQUENCY
BROADCAST/BROADCAST-RELAY STATION
KUYBYSHEV. USSR
Published and Dissemlincted by
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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PREFACE
This joint photographic intelligence report has been prepared by the
Navy and Central Intelligence Agency and fully answers their requests for
a detailed photographic analysis of the Kuybyshev High-Frequency Broad-
cast/Broadcast-Relay Station, USSR.
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 6 nautical miles north-northeast of
Kuybyshev, USSR (see Figure 1).
The station is situated on Polling
upland etched by gullies, approxi-
mately 600 feet above sea lefrel. It
includes a fenced operations area
and a support complex mad up of
a housing and administratioi area,
a maintenance area, and a storage
area (see Figures 2 and 3). A 25-
foot-wide paved road servos the
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station and connects with the main FIC
road leading north from the kuybyshev u,
at the station appeared to b undergoing
photography.
The operations area is roughly rectangular and covers approximately
580 acres (maximum dimensions of 6,500 by 4,900 feet). The entire area
is secured by a wire fence supported on line poles. A large
portion of the operations area (approximately 200 acres) is covered by
dense mature timber. The atea contains 39 curtain antennas supported
by 43 quadrupedal lattice towers, 3 dual horizontal rhombic antennas, 2
center-fed horizontal dipole antennas, one microwave tower, 4 transmitter
buildings (one under construction), one antenna maintenance area, and a
group of construction support buildings.
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FIGURE 3. LAYOUT AND FACILITIES AT KUYBYSHEV STATION. Operational facilities were being modern-
ized of the time of the photography.
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The 39 curtain antennas are divided into four groups, designated
Antenna Groups - A, B, C, and D The three dual horizontal rhombic an-
tennas are designated Ra9 Rb, and Rc. The two center-fed horizontal dipole
antennas are designated Da and Db. The four transmitter buildings are
designated transmitter buildings A, B, C, and D. Because of the complex
feeding arrangements for the curtain antennas, these antennas are not
described according to their group, but ccording to their association with
specific transmitter buildings. In cert in cases, an antenna is fed from
two transmitter buildings.
Transmitter Building A and
Transmitter building A is a modern structure measuring 210 by 95
and 30 feet high. It has a longitudinal monitor and four vents on the roof.
The monitor measures 165 by 25 feet and each vent measures 15 by 10
feet. Feeders lead from the transmit ,er building to two outdoor multi-
position switch yards measuring 260 b' 110 feet and 140 by 50 feet, res-
pectively (see Figure 4). All the curtair4 antennas in Antenna Group A and
antenna 'p in Antenna Group B are fed solely from transmitter building-A.
Antennas- e through j in Antenna Grou` B are fed from both transmitter
building A and transmitter building B. Feed-line lengths from switch yard
to antenna vary from 650 feet (antenna a,I group A) to 3,250 feet (antenna p,
group B). Pertinent information concernil ng the antennas is given in Tables
1 and 2.
Transmitter Building B and '.Associated Antennas
Transmitter building B is an old-type structure measuring 235 by
45 and 35 feet high. The roof supports numerous objects which appear to
be ornamental rather than functional. A buried feed line leads northwest
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from the transmitter building to the main switch house measuring 60 by
.20 and 20 feet high (see Figure 5).
- Transmitter building B feeds all the antennas in Antenna Group B
except antenna p (located between towers 16 and 17), which is fed only.
from transmitter building A. Six of I the antennas in Antenna Group B
(antennas e through j) are fed jointly by transmitter buildings A and B.
The feed-line lengths from the main switch house to the antennas in
Antenna Group B vary from 800 feet (antenna k) to 2,700 feet (antenna a).
All feed lines are aboveground wire lines with the exception of a portion
of the feed to antennas 1 through n, which is buried. This buried feed line
is of recent construction and may indicate future modernization of feed
lines, since aboveground wire lines always create serious technical prob-
lems of winter maintenance. Three secondary switch houses, in addition
to the main switch house, are utilized to handle the complex feeding ar-
rangements for the antennas.
A 50-foot-high microwave tower,1 with two possible reflectors, is
located south of transmitter building B Pertinent information concerning
the antennas in Antenna Group B is givn in Table 2.
I Transmitter=-Building C
Transmitter building C is simila4 to transmitter building A and mea-
sures 210 by 95 and 30 feet high (see Figure 5). It has a longitudinal mon-
itor and four vents on the roof. The tonitor measures 165 by 25 feet and
each vent measures 15 by 10 feet. Externally, the structure appears com-
plete, but as indicated by the absence of feed lines and the rough appear-
ance of the ground- surrounding the structure, the building is undergoing
internal construction or equipment installation. The closeness of this
transmitter building to transmitter building B suggests that the former
might be intended to replace the latter.
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210
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210
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'bower number 17 is on a separate projection off
is between towers 15 and 16. Antenna p is bet<
between tower= I G and 1 ~.
 Transmitter building D is a modern strlucture measuring 120 by 80
and 15 feet high. It has a longitudinal monitor and two vents on the roof.
The monitor measures 95 by 45 feet and each vent measures 10 by 5 feet.
Feeders lead from the transmitter buildini, to two outdoor switchyards
measuring 130 by 25 feet and 45 by 25 feet, , respectively (see Figure 6).
All the curtain antennas in Antenna Groups C and D, as well as the three
rhombics and the two horizontal dipoles, are fed solely from transmitter
building D. Data on the curtain antennas are given in Tables 3 and 4 and
data on the other antennas in Tables 5 and E.
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TABLE 3. DATA ON CURTAIN ANTENNAS, ANTENNA GROUP C 25X1D
Tower
Tov,er Distance Between
Antenna
Number Primary Radiation
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