POSSIBLE OUT-OF-COUNTRY AM BROADCAST STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION SAN FELIPE, CUBA(SANITIZED)

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• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 10, 1982
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POSSIBLE OUT-OF-COUNTRY AM BROADCAST STATION
UNDER CONSTRUCrT0N_
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A BROADCAST STATION, POSSIBLY FOR
OUT-OF-COUNTRY BROADCASTS, IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR SAN
FELIPE IN WESTERN CUBA.
2. .(SWN) REMARKS: A NEW AM BROADCAST STATION, SAN FELIPE AM
BROADCAST STATION, POSSIBLY FOR USE IN OUT-OF-COUNTRY
BROADCASTS, WAS OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR SAN FELIPE
IN WESTERN CUBA THIS
FACILITY DOES NOT RESEMBLE ANY OF THE NINE UPGRADED AM
BROADCAST FACILITIES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN CUBA.
(SWN) THE SAN FELIPE BROADCAST STATION IS THE ONLY
FACILITY TO UTILIZE COPHASED VERTICAL ANTENNA ARRAYS. THE
TOWERS AT THE SAN FELIPE FACILITY ARE MORE SUBSTANTIALLY
CONSTRUCTED AND THE CONTROL COMPLEX IS MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE
THAN THOSE OBSERVED AT OTHER CUBAN BROADCAST FACILITIES.
(SWN) WHEN CURRENT CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED THIS
BROADCAST FACILITY WILL CONSIST OF TWO COPHASED VERTICAL
ANTENNA ARRAYS. EACH ANTENNA ARRAY WILL CONSIST OF FOUR
VERTICAL RADIATORS IN A SQUARE CONFIGURATION WITH A GROUND
PLANE UNDER THE ARRAY. CURRENTLY, ONE ANTENNA ARRAY HAS
ALL FOUR VERTICAL RADIATORS ERECTED. THE SECOND ARRAY HAS
TWO VERTICAL RADIATORS ERECTED AND BASES FOR THE REMAINING
TWO RADIATORS ARE PRESENT. A LARGE CONTROL BUILDING, TWO
SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AND A WATER TOWER WERE ALSO UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
(SWN) INITIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THIS FACILITY WAS OBSERVED
THE FIRST ANTENNA ARRAY WAS 75
PERCENT COMPLETE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND ARRAY
HAD NOT BEGUN.
3. (S)
COORDINATES 22-49-30N 082-17-45W
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10 DECEMBER 1982
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