ELECTRONIC INSTALLATIONS STARGARD AND STETTIN, POLAND

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• Publication Date: November 1, 1959
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Joint Photographic Intelligence Report
ELECTRONIC INSTALLATIONS
STARGARD AND STETTIN, POLAND
ARMY
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NOVEMBER 1959
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ELECTRONIC INSTALLATIONS
STARGARD AND STETTIN, POLAND
INTRODUCTION
This joint photographic intelligence report has been prepared by the
Army, Navy, and Central Intelligence Agency in response to ACSI/DA
SRI-19E-5-59 and general Navy and CIA requirements, requesting a
detailed study of the antenna farm near Stargard, Poland. Owing to its
similarity to the Stargard installation, the antenna farm near Stettin is
also included in this report.
STARGARD ANTENNA FARM
Location and Description
This antenna farm is located at 53 ?18'N/ 15 c07'E, 3.7 statute miles
southeast of Stargard, near Hansfelde. It occupies an area measuring
approximately 1,500 by 1,350 yards (418 acres). The only apparent
security provision is a fence that encloses the control area. The installa-
tion, which is served by a single power line from Stargard and a hard-
surface, all-weather road, appears to be of fairly recent construction,
since the ground is heavily scarred and not overgrown. Within the control
area is a control building and several smaller buildings which appear
to be temporary and are possibly used to store tools and/or construction
equipment. The control building is a "T"-shaped structure covering
17,600 square feet. Transmission lines exist throughout the installation
area (see Figure 1).
The first evidence that this antenna farm existed was obtained on
3 April 1956 before the aerial coverage), when ground photographs
of the site were taken.
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The site contains 37 "H"-type antenna supports and at least 16 stick
masts. Thirty-three of the "H" supports are 75 feet high and 4 are 50 feet
high. The supports are arranged in seven parallel rows (items C, D,
E, F, G, H, and I); the long axis of each row has an azimuthal orientation
of 210?/030? and roughly parallels the service road. No positive identifi-
cation has been made of the antenna types represented by these "H"
configurations. Among the possibilities are curtain arrays, long-wire
antennas, inverted-vee antennas, squirrel-cage antennas, or a phase-
measuring device. The "H" supports are similar in construction to those
at the Stettin Antenna Farm.
The 16 stick masts are arranged in two groups of eight masts each
(items A and B). Again, no antenna types have been identified. A collateral
report (evaluation F-6) states that they support antennas similar to Disc
Cone antennas 1/, but this cannot be confirmed from the photography.
The stick masts are 100-105 feet high and are constructed in rows roughly
paralleling the service road. Although the quality of neither the aerial
nor the ground photography allows interpretation of the antenna types,
the antennas may be long-wire, inverted-vee, or Disc Cone antennas.
Also noted in the site are numerous ground scars (item J), but no masts
can be seen. On the control building is a lattice tower which is probably
utilized for general observation and security of the entire installation.
STETTIN ANTENNA FARM
Location and Description
This antenna farm is located at 5328'N/14'33E, 2.4 miles north
of Stettin, on the north edge of the village of Warsow (see Figure 2).
The site is irregular in shape, covers at least 40 acres, and has no
apparent security provisions. It contains a multistory, irregularly-
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shaped control building covering 13,400 square feet, a possible cooling
pond, a self-supporting lattice tower, at least 21 "H"-type antenna
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FIGURE 2. STETTIN ANTENNA FARM AND
supports, and numerous stick masts.
Antennas
The lattice tower is approx-
imately 180 feet high. A cable scar
originates at the control building
and extends to an antenna tuning/
coupling house next to the base of
the tower. The tower probably
supports a transmitting antenna for
a "commercial-type" broadcasting
station. Of the 21 "H" supports,
3 are approximately 150 feet high
and 18 are approximately 110 feet
high. These supports are composed
of two tall masts and are joined
by 11 cross-members. In two cases,
as shown on ground photography,
EXAMPLE OF "H" TYPE SUPPORT. two "H" supports have wires sus-
pended between them at four different levels. In another case, two wires
are suspended between an "H" support and a stick mast. Although the way
the remaining "H" supports and stick masts are used cannot be determined
from available photography, it is assumed that they are similarly used.
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