ECHELON - CFS Gander AN/FRD-10 HF/DF Array

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There were sixteen AN/FRD-10 high-frequency direction-finding arrays built by the United States and Canada during the 1960s and 1970s. These sixteen stations, along with a number of Pusher HF/DF arrays, comprised the US Naval Security Group's BULLSEYE HFDF net. Pushers was simply the name given to simpler CDAAs.

The arrays operated in the range of 2 to 32 MHz. Their function was to detect, monitor, and plot the location of Soviet submarines and other radio emitters in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The largest array was some 260 m in diameter, 36 m high, and sat on a ground plane of 390 m diameter, with a two storey building at its centre, housing the main equipment and operators.

The Gander array was installed in 1971 and presumably still active.

www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/RAFEdzell
luxexumbra.blogspot.com/2005/06/frd-10-endangered-speci...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wullenweber
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Coordinates:   48°57'4"N   54°31'30"W

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  • "Turkey Farm" is a terms assigned by the locals to the Canadian Forces 'communications research' facility. It utilizes a large circular antenna surrounding a double story building, with the only break in the antenna being the road to the building - hence it looks like the building and it's occupent are in a turkey pen. I foundly remember my posting to Gander. Great town and fantastic people.
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