Shetlands Tail - ACE-High-Journal

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NATO ACE-High-System - 1962 bis 1995

Basisseite "ACE-High System" - Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord)  

Norwick      - Station Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord)  

Position        : 60°49'36.95"N/0°50'22.47"W - 276 m.üNN

Site Code     : (eac) USVZ

Status          : Aufgegebene Nutzung

Status heute : unbekannt
Ansicht         : Aktive militärische Liegenschaft, 2010 (1)

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Übersichtspläne - Bezeichnungen - Transmitterverbindungen

Station eac, Power Category - I a
Station Transmitter Typ - 1R (Radio Line)

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NATO Linienplan - von 1959  
eac - Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord) > eab - Shetlands Tail Relay (Collafirth Hill) - L.o.S.-Line - Station mit Multiplex

Channel Capacity 24 - Entfernung zwischen den Stationen - Luftlinie - 44,50 Km 

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NATO Linienplan - von 1976 - Revision 1981  
USVZ - Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord) > UCOZ - Shetlands Tail Relay (Collafirth Hill) - L.o.S.-Line - Station mit Multiplex

Channel Capacity 24 - Entfernung zwischen den Stationen - Luftlinie - 44,50 Km 

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SatCom Übersichtsplan - von 1976 - Revision 1981

USVZ - Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord) > SatCom Station F29 - Saxa Vord

Entfernung zwischen den Stationen - Luftlinie - 0,19 Km 

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Link Seiten, Wikipedia

Thema - List of former Royal Air Force stations [1]
Autor   - Wikipedia
Quelle  - Wikipedia
ULR     - Wikipedia

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Link Seiten, sonstige Publikationen

Thema : A History of RAF Saxa Vord
Autor   : Gordon Carle [2]
Quelle  : ACE High in Shetland [2]
ULR     : http://ahistoryofrafsaxavord.blogspot.de/2011/04/ace-high-in-shetland.html

"ACE-High in Shetland
ACE-High was a NATO communications system which stretched over 8,000 miles from north Norway to eastern Turkey. Its purpose was to provide early warning links and to permit commanders to discuss strategy during the cold war period. Its’ origins were in the mid 50’s and it has now been superseded by other communications links. Over 80 ground stations were involved, half of which used large aerial arrays to propagate high frequency radio signals which were “bounced” over the horizon using tropospheric forward scatter techniques (hence FSS Mossy Hill – Forward Scatter Station). These Units also had microwave aerials which linked into the other sites, using line of sight techniques. The smaller stations were off-shoots from the main line of larger stations. I will leave the experts to explain the system in more detail. There is a good article on the Ace-High System on the Subbrit site here:
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/features/ace_high/index.html
So, back to the subject of this section, Ace High in Shetland. There were four main elements to the system in Shetland, Mossy Hill in the south mainland with its large tropospheric scatter arrays and microwave tower, 2 microwave “off-shoot” sites at Collafirth Hill and Saxa Vord and; fourthly, an admin and accommodation site at Maybury Camp at Virkie in the south mainland." [1]

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Beschreibungen

"ACE-High Station Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord)" - die Daten 


  • Die ACE-High Station Shetlands Tail wurde in den Jahren "o.A" bis "o.A" erbaut und ging nach einer Testphase in die offizielle Betriebsphase. 


  • Die Bezeichnung der ACE-High Station lautete nach der offizielen Inbetriebnahme der Station "Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord)" und die NATO Code hierzu war "eac".

  • eac - Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord) (e) England (ac) NATO Codierung - Station ac 


  • 1971 wurden die ACE-High Stationen im "ACE-High Network Europe" neu codiert, die Bezeichnung der ACE-High Station lautete danach "Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord)" und die NATO Code hierzu war "USVZ"  


  • USVZ- Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord) (U) United Kingdom of Great Britain (SV) Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord) / Stadt- Geländebezeichnung (Z) ACE-High System


  • 1991, Die Betriebsphase endete im Januar mit Schliessung der ACE-High Station.

"ACE-High-Station Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord)" - die Geschichte (1)


  • "RAF Saxa Vord is a remote radarstation providing long-range radar coverage of its approaches. The data is fed into the Integrated Command and Control System within the UK"


"ACE-High-Station Shetlands Tail (Saxa Vord)" - heute (1)


2008, Das Gelände der Liegenschaft, mit den vorhandenen Gebäuden, ist unter Google Earth erkennbar

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Bild - Quellenangaben
(1) Google Earth/Google Street

(2) Quellenschutz, ID 201_01

(3) Wikipedia, Allied Forces Northwestern Europe

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Text - Quellenangaben
[1] Wikipedia, List of former Royal Air Force stations

[2] A History of RAF Saxa Vord, Gordon Carle

[2] http://ahistoryofrafsaxavord.blogspot.de/2011/04/ace-high-in-shetland.html

[3] NATO Handbuch, Volume I, Oktober 1959

 
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