HF COMMUNICATIONS AND TROPOSCATTER FACILITIES ANADYR-UGOLNYY AREA USSR

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• Publication Date: March 1, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
HF COMMUNICATIONS AND
TROPOSCATTER FACILITIES
ANADYR-UGOLNYY AREA
USSR
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HF Communications and Troposcatter Facilities, Anadyr-Ugolnyy Area, USSR
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64-46-45N 177-42-10E, BE None,
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This report describes and locates nine high frequency (HF) communications facilities
and one troposcatter facility in the Anadyr-Ugolnyy area, near the northeastern coast of the
USSR. The possible interaction of ten facilities in a command/control system cannot be
determined. Two of the facilities form a radio communications terminal.
This report contains a location map, annotated photography, and mensuration of the
ten facilities listed below:
Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Transmitting 1)
64-50-15N 177-49-OOE,
Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Receiving 1)
64-44-30N 177-42-40E, BE None
Anadyr HF Communications Facility )
64-46-45N 177-37-30E,
Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Receiving 2)
64-46-30N 177-33-30E, BE None,
Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Receiving 3)
64-44-20N 177-22-45E,
Anadyr Troposcatter Station
64-44-20N 177-38-OOE, BE None,
Leninka HF Communications Facility (Probable Receiving)
R4-4R-FqN 177-4(1-50E, BE None,
Ugolnyy HF Communications Facility (Transmitting)
64-47-20N 177-57-OOE, BE None,
Ugolnyy IRBM Communications, Facility
64-46-27N 178-00-58E,
Ugolnyy SSM Complex Radio Communications Receiver Station
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INTRODUCTION
The facilities are near the cities of Anadyr, Ugolnyy, and Leninka and near the Arctic
Circle, approximately 350 nautical miles (nm) west-southwest of the Bering Strait.
Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Transmitting 1) and Anadyr HF
Communications Facility (Receiving 1) form an integrated radio communications terminal
with transmitting and receiving capabilities. The Ugolnyy IRBM Launch Site
is adjacent to one of the facilities. The possible interaction of the HF
communications and troposcatter facilities in a command/control system cannot be
determined.
BASIC DESCRIPTION
Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Transmitting 1)
The Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Transmitting 1) is 5 nm northeast of
Anadyr. The facility (Figure 2, Table 1) contains 22 double rhombic antennas configured in
day/night pairs, one unpaired double rhombic antenna, 14 quadrant antennas, ten
horizontal dipole antennas, one unidentified antenna mast, and a control area. The facility
is not secured.
Seven of the 23 rhombic antennas are switchable arrays (items 7, 8, 10-13, and 17).
Antenna 17 is the only rhombic antenna that does not have a night counterpart. The
switchable day/night double rhombic antennas should be able to maintain reliable circuits
over "short hop" or "long hop" paths, depending upon propagation conditions.
The 14 omnidirectional quadrant antennas are so constructed as to provide seven
antennas for night transmissions and seven antennas for day transmissions. Eight of the ten
horizontal dipole antennas (items 38-45) are paired by azimuth and frequency to provide
day/night pairs.
The control area contains a control building (item G), 11 support or administration
buildings, and an earth-mounded bunker (item Q). Feedlines from the earth-mounded
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bunker are connected to four of the omnidirectional quadrant antennas (items 24, 25, 28,
and 31). A shielded powerline enters the control area and terminates in a steam-heated
switching/transformer building (item F) located near the control building. Two telephone
lines, one from the city of Ugolnyy and the other from the Anadyr HF Communications
Facility (Receiving 1), apparently enter the control building.
A double fenced support area is located on the southeastern end of the antenna field;
however, this area does not appear to be directly associated with the communications
facility.
Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Receiving 1)
The Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Receiving 1) is 9 nm northeast of Anadyr.
The fence-secured facility (Figure 3, Table 2) contains 14 fishbone antennas, six horizontal
dipole antennas, four masts with unidentified functions, six quadrant antennas, a control
area, and a support area.
Twelve of the 14 fishbone antennas are paired by azimuth to form six space-diverse
pairs. The two remaining fishbone antennas are unpaired which indicates that they are
used for shorter range communications or on circuits where maximum reliability is not
required. Antennas 3 and 11 are paired on opposite azimuths, as indicated by the feedlines.
It is probable that either one of the feedlines is strung through the antenna where it cannot
be seen, or that the antennas are designed to listen to the same transmitter with one
antenna utilizing the "short hop" and the other the "long hop" around the world. Fishbone
antenna 9 is switchable and can receive on either the short or long "hop".
The six horizontal dipole antennas are paired by azimuth and frequency to form three
day/night pairs. The relative orientation of the three pairs provides an omnidirectional
capability.
The six omnidirectional quadrant antennas are constructed as to provide three
antennas for night reception and three antennas for day reception.
A dark object is mounted near the top of one of the four antenna masts of unidentified
function. No evidence of a Yagi array or a feed to the mast can be seen on available
photography. A similar antennalike object is present at the Anadyr HF Communications
Facility (Transmitting 1).
The control area contains a control building and three small probable equipment
sheds. Two probable landlines and one probable powerline enter the control building. One
of the landlines connects the control building to the main building (item G) in the support
area. The second landline connects the control building to Anadyr HF Communications
Facility (Transmitting 1). The powerline connects the control building to the
switching/transformer building (items 1) in the support area.
The largest of the six buildings in the support area (item G) is identified as the
administration building and possibly also is used as a data monitoring or recording
building. This possible monitoring and recording function is suggested by the large size of
the building, its location within the security fence, the direct landline connection to the
control building, and the apparent bypassing of the building by the landline leaving the
facility.
The generator building (item I) is connected to the switching/transformer building
(item J) by a powerline. Both a high-voltage, shielded powerline which enters the facility
and the powerline from the control building terminate at the switching/transformer
building. The powerline arrangement and line construction difference indicate that the
switching/transformer building receives power from either a high-voltage powerline or the
facility generators, reduces it to the voltage required by the facility, and distributes it.
Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Transmitting 2)
The Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Transmitting 2) is 2 nm east-northeast of
Leninka. The facility (Figure 4) consists of an operations area containing one rhombic
transmitting antenna, one horizontal dipole antenna, a transmitting building, and a
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probable generator building. A support area containing a probable barracks and two
support buildings is located south of the operations area. The control area is served by a
probable landline which enters Ugolnyy; however, the line cannot be traced within the
town.
Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Receiving 2)
The Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Receiving 2) is 4 nm northeast of Anadyr.
The facility (Figure 5) contains an arch-roofed command/control building, a possible
barracks, and three small support buildings of unidentified function. A landline/powerline
from Ugolnyy enters the facility from the south.
Six. HF antennas have been constructed around the control area: one double rhombic
antenna, three horizontal dipole antennas, one vee antenna, and one quadrant antenna.
The absence of a dissipation line on the rhombic antenna indicates that it W a receiving
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Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Receiving 3)
The Anadyr HF Communications Facility (Receiving 3) is 2.1 nm south-southwest of
the Anadyr/Mys Nizmenny Airfield The unsecured facility (Figure 6) 25X1
contains four bent double rhombic antennas, two bent single rhombic antennas, two
horizontal dipole antennas, and six masts with unidentified functions.
Fourteen buildings are dispersed throughout the control and support areas. A
power/landline which probably originates in Ugolnyy enters the facility from the north.
Anadyr Troposcatter Station
The Anadyr Troposcatter Station is located 3.5 nm west of Anadyr. The facility
(Figure 7) was last covered by high-resolution photography of adequate interpretability in
June 1967, at which time the facility was under construction. Identifiable features include
two parallel control/support buildings; two Type II troposcatter antennas; one Type IIA
troposcatter antenna, and footings for three more antennas. When complete, the facility
will probably have three pairs of antennas--one pair orientated generally east, one pair
west, and one pair northeast. Accurate antenna orientations cannot be determined from
available photography.
Leninka HF Communications Facility (Probable Receiving)
The Leninka HF Communications Facility (Probable Receiving) is 3.3 nm east of
Anadyr. The facility (Figure 8) is unsecured and contains one rhombic receiving antenna,
two possible horizontal dipole antennas, one very high frequency (VHF) FORK REST
antenna, a control building, and four support buildings. In addition to the identified
antennas, the facility contains five probably abandoned antenna masts. It is served by a
probable powerline and a probable landline. The presence of the FORK REST antenna
suggests that the facility is part of the air defense net for the Anadyr-Ugolnyy area.
Ugolnyy HF Communications Facility (Transmitting)
The Ugolnyy HF Communications Facility (Transmitting) is on the south eastern edge
of the city of Ugolnyy. The unsecured facility (Figure 9) contains two double rhombic
transmitting antennas, one bent double rhombic transmitting antenna, three horizontal
dipole antennas, one mast of unidentified function, an equipment building, a transmitter
building, a probable barracks, and an unidentified probable vehicle. It is served by a
probable landline which connects it to Ugolnyy; however, the landline cannot be traced
within the town.
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Ugolnyy IRBM Communications Facility (HF Receiving)
The Ugolnyy IRBM Communications Facility (HF Receiving) is adjacent to the
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one double rhombic antenna which shares a common mast' at one end, one possible vee
antenna, and a multistory control building.
Ugolnyy SSM Complex Radio Communications Receiving Station
The Ugolnyy SSM Complex Radio Communications Receiving Station 7 nm east-
northeast of Ugolnyy, appears to be abandoned. The station (Figure 11) reportedly
contained four 5-3-3-5 fishbone antennas and two pairs of day/night vee antennas.1,2 As of
October 1969, the facility contains one 5-3-3-5 fishbone antenna with one mast missing, and
the remnants of three other antennas.
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Communications Antennas, Anadyr-Ugolnyy Areas, USSR, Aug 64 (TOP SECRET
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