NEW TROPOSCATTER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IDENTIFIED ULYANOVSK ARMY BARRAKS OCS AL-2, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: January 8, 1985
• Content Type: REPORT

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8 JANUARY 1985
NEW TROPOSCATTER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IDENTIFIED
ULYANOVSK ARMY BARRACKS OCS AL-2, USSR SWN
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW TROPOSCATTER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WAS
IDENTIFIED IN DEVELOPMENT AT ULYANOVSK ARMY BARRACKS OCS AL-2
THIS SYSTEM, IF DEPLOYED, WILL SIGNIFICANTLY
UPGRADE THE COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES OF THE GENERAL STAFF.
THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN GIVEN THE NPIC INTERIM DESIGNATOR
UT-EL-01. (TS
2. REMARKS: THE SYSTEM HAS FOUR LATTICE MAST-MOUNTED CUT
PARABOLIC ANTENNAS
ACROSS ON OUTRIGGER-SUPPORTED TRAILERS (GRAPHIC 1). EACH
TRAILER WAS CABLED TO A JUNCTION BOX
WHICH WAS LINKED TO A VENTED TEST/SUPPORT BUILDING. ALL FOUR
ANTENNAS WERE ORIENTED NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER THE KUYBYSHEVSKOYE
RESERVIOR TOWARD LAISHEVO. THE FOUR ANTENNAS PROBABLY FORM
ELEMENTS OF TWO SETS, EACH CONSISTING OF TWO ANTENNA TRAILERS
AND THEIR ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. OTHER EQUIPMENT WHICH MAY BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM INCLUDED TWO UNIDENTIFIED URAL-375
BOX-BODIED VAN (BBV) TRUCKS WITH POSSIBLE CABLE SECTIONS
CENTERED ON THE ROOF, ONE UNIDENTIFIED ZIL-131 BBV WITH THREE
BOXES ON THE VAN ROOF, TWO P-200 SERIES BBV, ONE R-405, ONE
UNIDENTIFIED GAZ-66 BBV, AND ONE UNIDENTIFIED ZIL-157 BBV WITH
ANTENNAS OR OTHER EQUIPMENT STORED ON THE VAN ROOF. THIS OTHER
EQUIPMENT WAS PARKED ON A SECOND NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HARDSTAND IN
THE TEST AREA. THESE VEHICLES WERE CABLE CONNECTED TO A
ZIL-131 PROBABLE GENERATOR VEHICLE AND A SINGLE-AXLE GENERATOR
TRAILER BUT WERE NOT CABLE CONNECTED TO THE TEST/SUPPORT
BUILDING. ONE TWIN EAR ANTENNA VEHICLE IN TRAVEL MODE AND ONE
TWIN EAR SET IN TRAVEL MODE WERE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
THE BUILDING AND CONCRETE HARDSTANDS IN THE PARTIALLY
FENCE-SECURED AREA WERE IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF
CONSTRUJCTION THE
INSTALLATION HOUSES THE SIGNAL SCHOOL
I/N OF G.K. ORDZHONIKIDZHE, ESTABLISHED IN 1970, AND OFFERING
PRE-MILITARY COURSES WITH EMPHASIS ON SPECIALIZED SIGNAL
TRAINING. (~
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THE PROBABLE CORRESPONDENT STATION IS AT 55-23-30N 049-28-40E,
OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF LAISHEVO ALONG THE BANKS OF THE
KUYBYSHEVSKOYE RESERVOIR (GRAPHIC 2). ONE
SQUAD-SIZED AND SIX TWO-MAN TENTS WERE SET UP ALONG THE TREE
LINE. ONE TWIN EAR ANTENNA VEHICLE IN TRAVEL MODE, FOUR
UNIDENTIFIED BBV, ONE POSSIBLE BBV, AND ONE PROBABLE DUAL-AXLE
CANVAS-COVERED TRAILER WERE PARKED ALONG THE TREE LINE. NO
ANTENNAS LIKE THOSE AT ULYANOVSK WERE IDENTIFIED ON THIS DATE.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered
valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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