RESTS OF IDGZ ACE HIGH BASE

45°51'13.66"N 10°22'32.28"E 2174 m AMSL - Dosso dei Galli, Brescia

Photographe :: discomac
Téléchargé :: 2021-08-01
Tags :: 35mm 35mmphotos abandoned acehigh brutalism c41 concrete crackden film grain kodak lost military pentax radar ukranian urbex
Appareil :: Pentax KX
Pellicule :: Kodak Gold 200 (35mm)
Objectif :: smc pentax 50mm f/1.7
Ville :: ACE High base IDGZ
Albums :: Color et Wasted shots in urban environment

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rodiongork · 2021-08-01 21:05
Wow! I learnt something new googling for this base and these antennas. Thanks - by coincidence I teach electronics at school and now I have some more stories to tell to kids :)
discomac · 2021-08-02 18:48
@rodiongork Troposcatter was a quite impressive (and conceptually crazy) way of sending information around the globe in my opinion! These installations can be found all around Europe: there should be the soviet counterpart of this network, but i can hardly find any information online. You might find one near you!
rodiongork · 2021-08-04 18:38
@discomac as I read in wiki the motivation for Troposcatter was to talk between NATO headquarters in different countries. This probably explains why it's hard to find "Soviet counterpart" - here army was communicating over the same country, heavily using dedicated land lines and radio relays. Not sure about far-distance radio (though there are few military LW transmitters - probably for submarines). Whatever mentions I found - they say tropo-com wasn't much tried before 90s (and I guess there was not much opportunity later). The most close thing I can remember is the "early warning" system which you could google by "Russian Woodpecker" phrase :)