BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

kilometers from the small town of Vasil'sursk, Nizhny Novgorod rayon.
No details visible on the Russian map yandex.
Translator Russian - English
Former LF Kriegsmarine Kalbe Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany tx, reparation after
1945-1947, and built up again in Nizhny Novgorod in 1954
Not far from an antenna field the inhabited settlement is visible
Picture shows the transmitter room at Sura facility, Russia.
imprecise G.C. coordinates
56 07 N 46 00 E and/or 56 13 N 46 10 E
Nothing visible yet close to 56 07 58.65 N 46 04 02.85 E
View of antenna array at Sura site.
The Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility, located near the small town of
Vasilsursk about 140 km eastward from Nizhniy Novgorod in Russia, is a
laboratory for ionosphere research. Sura is capable of radiating about 190
MW, effective radiated power (ERP) on short waves. This facility is
operated by the radiophysical research institute NIRFI in Nizhny Novgorod.
The Sura facility was commissioned in 1981. Using this facility, Russian
researchers studied the behaviour of the ionosphere and the effect of
generation of low-frequency emission on modulation of ionosphere current.
In the beginning, the Soviet Defense Department mostly footed the bill.
The American HAARP ionospheric heater is similar to the Sura facility. The
HAARP project began in 1993.
Transmitter room at Sura facility.
The frequency range of the heating facility is from 4.5 to 9.3 MHz. The
facility consists of three 250 kW broadcasting transmitters and a 144
crossed dipole antenna-array with dimensions of 300 m x 300 m.
At the middle of the operating frequency range (4.5 - 9.3 MHz) a maximum
zenith gain of about 260 (~24 dB) is reached, the ERP of the facility is
190 MW (~83 dbW).
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