INTERIM REPLY ON P502-58, FOR (Sanitized)

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 15, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

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Interim Rely on P502-53,
REFERENCE: HR/T//R37,3 (Prepare a 6etai1eaLeecr1ott.1n
br.ad'a ting station aeas El lanfium, Egypt.)
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have requested, a DRAFT etilly of the rert is attached.
2. The final report On this subject will be .4.4bitshe1 in the
near future.
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RADIO ETAT/ON HEAR EL AAnSURA, EGYPT
A hie: -7,werlvl radio broadcasting station ,r?bbably operating ia the
medium frequeny range is located at 31?1:,'N/31j25 E, eigit nautical miles
not l El lanaura, Et anJ on the northern ed?n )f the village of Busat.
Ae of o A.A.-ember 1956 the stati,n 'Aft under eonstruet141.
Thic station occupies an area ).1.' 149 acres (2800 by 250 feet) and consists
of 21 buillin,s, two vertical radiators, one selr-swporting lattice tower, a
transformer yar', and a cooling pond under construction. The station is probably
fenced, although it in not possible t identify a fence around the entire area.
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overhead Tower line enters the area frcm the aortheast and ieaas to the
transnrmer yard.
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The f.-alowing is a tabulation or the various facilities within the installation
that can be identified on aerial :2.thotegraphy. Numbers used to designate structures
in the tabulation correapond to numbers used to identify the same items on the
accoorlanyinggrapLic.
A. etructures
Transformer yard containing one irregular ?shaed building with
over-all dimensions of 35 by 23 feet. .
2. Flat-roofed building 38 by 47 reet.
3. Two flat-roofed buildings. One is L-ahaped anti Las over-all
dimensions of 24 by 24 feet, with each vim 10 feet wide. The other is
square-shae. and measurea 1, feet on a side.
4. Five flat-roofed buildings each 92 by 34 set.
5. TWo-stary, irregularly-shaped building. Over-all dimensions
of the ground floor are 70 by 50 feet and or the second floor 61 by 50
feet.
r. T/J flat-roofed, two-story buildings 45 by 38 feet.
y. Teo-story, flat-rooted, L-shaped building with over-all dimensions
of 150 by 90 feet. The width of the longer wing of the building is 38 feet
aavd that of the shorter vine 42 fe,A.
O. Two-story, flat-roofed, L-shaped building. One wing measures 88
by 30 feet and the other wing measures 160 by 48 fest.
9. Transmitter building. One? story, flat-roofed, L-shaped bullding
with over-all dimensions or'250 by 115 feet. Each wing is 70 feet wide.
There are tvo probable ventilators on the roof. Earth embankments have
hoen built against the east and south sides of the building.
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10. Colin6 -,:4111 145 by 62 feet, 1,1th a foof-Idde excavation
eAlineAing 3neew ,;.f the ceelial A.t1.1 the transmitter buildiag.
1. T flat-roofed building 30 by 26 feet and 30 by 12 feet.
1.2. .-we-st3r1, curved-r;of i4jjng 70 feet square.
13. C,yu:lir4jtuninc bouse 25 Abet Square._
14. QA.vaing/tunin? w:Juss, each 25 feet square.
15. Flat-r,-fe,! butninc, 22 by a feet.
B. Antennas
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1. Two a10-f,,ot-Lign guyed broadcast vertical raiiators 430 feet apart.
A line orojected beteeen these two vertical radiatJrs would have an azimuth
.;rientation of 2799/99. There are Uree seta zt guy-vire anchors su7,eorting
each radiat,ir. Each set consists of tvo anebore ',11aced at aistanees uf 340
r'eet and 640 feet from the radiat_r ba3e. An overhead feed lint leads
fr M the x?Ohable transmitter building (Item 9) to the cou21ing/tuning house
(Item 13) located in line vitl, and eidheky between tee tle; vertical radiat=.7rs.
Frni t.:18 buildinil the overtca feed line divides ana leads t4 two cuoltnW
twin c houses (Item 14), one of 1;i1: is at the base -if eacll vertical radiator.
Two rsOial-buried-eire screeni, e:alsisting of SU estimated 12.) evenly-
e-ace, raaial buried wires, radiate :Art from the base of each vertical
radiator. These radial buried virez vary in length u todOO feet.
Tie leneth (up to -43Z0 feet) of the radial hurled vire screen, which
is normally about one-half wave lonetL, is cAlsistant with an aesum?tl,n
that the height of the vertical lieUators (81e, feet) is eme-half 4ave length.
This vou1.1 indicate that the stati,n yrobably operates in the medium frequeney
ranee.
2. One P10-fo0t-h1e elf-surting lattice toyer is lo:ated in the
southeast creer of the ratio station. A small building (Item 15) adjacent
to the baue a this tower may serve as a coupliegitunine house. No feed
line :an be seen lealine to this building )2, tb:the tower. However, becaulle
of the state .1- construction activity the lack Of an identifiable feed line
&,es not preclude future use A' the tower as an antenna.
Reference.
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