THE RAINGOD CHALLENGE

South Africa / Gauteng / Krugersdorp /
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The Challenge: Correctly identify this facility.

The Rewards:
1) I will personally delete this tag, and allow you to tag this location yourself; however, you must use all of the information required by rules 1 and 2 below. I will semi-protect your tag once you're done creating it.
2) The personal satisfaction that you topped RAINGOD.

The Rules:
1) Provide all of the following: the name of this facility, who runs it, and what it is used for.
2) Prove it by providing one or more reference links to external web resources that contain all of the information required for rule 1. You must also prove the location of the facility that you claim for rule 1. You can do this by providing a link to a page that contains the lat/long coordinates of the facility, a map or diagram showing the facility in relation to roads or other features in this area, a photo that positively identifies features of this facility seen in the satellite imagery, etc.
3) Interpretation of the rules is solely at the discretion of RAINGOD.
4) In order to win, the evidence provided must be convincing to RAINGOD.
5) Wikimapia users from South Africa have an unfair advantage.
6) Send entries to RAINGOD via the Send Message feature of Wikimapia.

The truth is... I'm tired of researching this site and not finding any information about it. If you can figure out what this is, then you can have it. :-)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   25°54'28"S   27°41'58"E

Comments

  • Something to study: http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/sap/2005/nigeria/presentations/02-04.pdf
  • I dashed off a quick email to the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (2.5 km northwest of this location), and a staffer there confidently informed me that both this site and the one to the east belong to Telkom. I do not know why the two sites are separated, or if they have different purposes. I do know that two of the five dishes at the eastern Telkom site have been sold (see http://www.ska.ac.za/newsletter/issues/06/08.html ) so it would appear that the western site (i.e., right here) is currently Telkom's main facility in this area.
  • This is one of two antenna groups for Telkom earth station.
  • z, Register as a Wikimapia user, then let's coordinate through Wikimapia's private message system.
  • I'm not an RSA resident but I did live there decades ago for three years. Note in terrain mode these dishes are given radio-shielding by being in a deep little valley. The dishes tend to be pointed East and West towards the two low areas in the surrounding hills. Wanna bet they are aimed to monitor specific satelites?
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