COMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS IN THE KARAGANDA AREA, USSR

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COMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS
IN THE
KARAGANDA AREA, USSR
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COMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS
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KARAGANDA AREA, USSR
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March 1961
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PREFACE
This :report has been prepared in answer to a general requirement
requesting detailed information on all communications installations within
a 25-kilometer radius of Karaganda, USSR. Information in this report
is based on an analysis of aerial photography and collateral reports.
25X1 D A helpful analysis of collateral reports through Was prepared by
the Radio Stations Branch, OCR/CIA.
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INTRODUCTION
This report is an analysis of six communications installations which
lie within a 25-kilometer radius of Karaganda, USSR (Figure 1). Included
are point-to-point communications stations and local broadcasting stations.
Air navigation facilities and surface-to-air communications facilities are
not included. The six communications stations covered in this report in-
clude four radio stations, one television station, and one probable micro-
wave station.
Aerial photography of completely covers the area within
a 25-kilometer radius of aragan It should be noted, however, that
45 percent of the area is cloud-covered. A scan of the photography reveals
the existence of a large radio station and a television station. A detailed
photographic analysis of these two stations is included in this report.
Collateral reports furnish a description of three other radio stations and
one microwave station. Although these stations cannot be identified on the
photography on which this report is based, due to cloud cover, the location
and description of each are included. in this report in order to provide the
most complete intelligence on the communications installations in the
Karaganda area.
RADIO STATION, INSTALLATION NO 1
General
A radio station with local broadcasting and point-to-point communi-
cations facilities is located at 49-48N 73-03E, approximately 8 kilometers
southwest of the new railroad station at New Karaganda (Figure 1,
item 1). It is served by an all-weather road, is enclosed by a fence, and
covers approximately 128 acres (3,200 by 1,750 feet). The station con-
sists primarily of a transmitter building with two adjacent cooling ponds,
two support-type buildings, three rhombic antennas, and a guyed vertical
radiator (Figures 2 and 3).
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Structures
There are eight buildings within the fenced installation (Figure 3).
One of these is a transmitter building (item F)which is a two-story struc-
TABLE 1. STRUCTURES, RADIO STATION, INSTALLATION NO 1
STRUCTURES
IDENTIFICATION NO STORIES
ROOF TYPE
DIMENSIONS (FEET)
(L - W- H)
A
B
GATE HOUSE
SUPPORT
BUILDING
SHED
120 x 25 x 10
C
SHACK
SITED
30 x 25 x 10
D
SUPPORT
BUILDING
GABLE
65 x 35 x 10
E
SHACK
SHED
25 x 20 x 10
F
G
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TUNING HOUSE
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ture, with two associated cooling ponds (item G) 180 feet apart, located
just east of the building. One pond contains water and the other appears
to be empty. Probable buried cables extend out in various directions from
the transmitter building. Table 1 is a tabulation of all structures in the
area. Letter designations are keyed to Figure 3.
Antennas
A guyed vertical radiator 850 feet high is located in the center of the
eastern portion of the station (Figure 3). At. the base of this vertical
radiator is a tuning house (item I). Furrowed ground scars, which indi-
cate a buried radial ground screen, radiate to a maximum of 850 feet from
the base of the vertical radiator. A buried cable connects the tuning house
with the transmitter building.
Concrete anchor bases and disturbed earth indicate the existence
of four probable guyed stick masts (items 4, 5, 6, and 7) southwest of the
indicate the existence of three rhombic antennas (items 1, 2, and 3)
the masts cannot be identified. Other anchor bases and disturbed earth
transmitter buildin
TABLE 2. RHOMBIC ANTENNAS, RADIO STATION, INSTALLATION NO 1
MAJOR MINOR DISTANCES
AXIS AXIS BETWEEN END
ANTENNA (FEET) (FEET) POLES (FEET)
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25X1 B masts cannot be identified. Two of the antennas make
up a paired double-rhombic antenna (one day and one night), and the
other is a single rhombic antenna. Table 2 is a tabulation of the rhombic
antennas with their respective measurements. Number designations are
keyed to Figure 3.
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Overhead Power and Communications Lines
From the urban area of New Karaganda an overhead power line,
which may also carry land line cornmunicatiorls, enters the station from
the southeast and continues to the transmitter building (Figure 3).
TELEVISIC)N S'TAT'ION, INSTALLATION NO 2
A television station is located at 49-50N 73-08E, approximately one
kilometer south of the railroad station in New Karaganda (Figure 1, item
2). This stati wa reported in to be under construction 1/2/,
and a study o erial photography reveals that the station may be
structurally complete (Figure 4). The major facilities consist of a 610-
foot-high self-supportin r steel lattice tower with a 65-foot-square base,
a 105-foot stick mast, (diameter) coohngpond (item F), a broad-
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casting building (item A), and several other buildings. Table 3 is a tabu-
lation of all structures in the station. Letter designations are keyed to
Figure 4.
TABLE 3. STRUCTURES AT TELEVISION STATION, INSTALLATION NO 2
STRUCTURE
IDENTIFICATION
NO. STORIES ROOF TYPE
DIMENSIONS
(L) (W) (II)
A
BROADCAST
BUILDING
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3
COMPLEX
180 x 115 x 40
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UNIDENTIFIED
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UNIDENTIFIED
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REPORTED RADIO STATION, INSTALLATION NO 3
A radio transmitting station is reported to be located at 49-49N 73-08E
2 kilometers south of the railroad station and about 0.5 kilometers south-
east of the Military Administration Headquarters Building in New Kara-
ganda (Figure 1, item 3). The site cannot be identified on photography due
to cloud cover. This station, which is enclosed by a barbed wire fence 4/,
covers approximately 3 acres (360 by 360 feet) 3/ and is probably the
local broadcasting station known as "Radio UZE."
Structures reported to be located at the station are one and/or two
single-story brick buildings which measure 20 by 7 by 5 meters 3/ and 12
by 6 by 4 meters. / Two 25- to 50-meter-high steel trestle or lattice-
type masts are reported to be located at the station. 3/ 4/ The masts are
braced and located about 50 meters apart. 4/ This station may be asso-
ciated with the Military Administration Headquarters. 5/
REPORTED RADIO STATION, INSTALLATION NO 4
A radio station, which due to cloud cover cannot be identified on the
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photography, is reported to be located at 49-44N 72-55E, approximately
20 kilometers southeast of New Karaganda in the town of Dubovskoye (Fig-
ure 1, item 4). The station is reported to consist of two large steel masts,
each 5 meters high, and from four to six smaller masts. From four to
six small antennas are reported to be positioned on the top of each of the
large masts. 6/
REPORTED RADIO STATION, INSTALLATION NO 5
A probable radio station, which due to cloud cover cannot be identi-
fied on the photography, is reported. to be located at 49-54N 73-12E, 7.5
kilometers northeast of the railroad station in New Karaganda and about
0.5 kilometers north of the Karaganda mining machinery plant (Figure 1,
item 5). This station is reported to consist of four single wooden buildings
each 30 by 8 meters (with steep saddle roofs), and two round steel masts
about 20 to 25 meters in height braced with steel wiring. 7/
REPORTED MICROWAVE STATION, INSTALLATION NO 6
A probable microwave station, which due to cloud cover cannot be
identified on the photography, is reported to be located at 49-50N 73-08E
on the Post, Radio, and 'T'elegraph Administration Building approximately
one kilometer southeast of the railroad station in New Karaganda, (Figure
1, item 6). This building, of brick and stucco construction, is two to three
stories in height and measures about 70 by 20 by 15 meters. 8/ Two disk-
shaped objects, approximately in diameter, arranged one above
the other, are positioned on a vertical pole 2 meters high. The pole is
mounted on a wooden platform which is located on the roof of the building.
9/ The disk-shaped objects are probably microwave antennas.
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