Egelsbach Transmitter Facility

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Egelsbach Transmitter Facility
Broadcasting station 2008
Basic data
Place:	Egelsbach
Country:	Hesse
Country:	Germany
Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 14.8 "  N , 8 ° 36 ′ 40.2"  E
Use:	Telecommunication system , number transmitter , military use
Accessibility:	Transmission system not accessible to the public
Data on the transmission system
Waveband :	SW transmitter
Send types:	Directional radio , military communication
Further data Operator: US Department of Defense, possibly also NSA
Position map
Egelsbach Transmitter Facility

The Egelsbach Transmitter Facility is a US communication and SIGINT station in a forest clearing near Egelsbach in Hesse . The owner of the site is the Wiesbaden headquarters of the US land forces in Europe ( 7th US Army ).

location

The Egelsbach Transmitter Facility is located in a forest near Egelsbach near Frankfurt am Main. The site has been used by the US armed forces since the end of World War II. There are operating buildings next to the antenna systems on an open area of ​​around 30 hectares. The area is guarded by the US military police and local security services. The area is protected by barbed wire and a fence.

Furnishing

There are 20 mostly logarithmic-periodic shortwave antennas (horizontally polarized) from TCI International on the site . There are now four radomes . Microwave radio link systems are located on a mast structure. Two microwave dishes point in the direction of the then Rhein-Main Air Base .

While other US military facilities were shut down or reduced in the 2000s, expansion work took place on the premises of the Egelsbach Transmitter Facility. In 2011 another radome was built with an estimated five meters in diameter.

Generators for energy supply are available in underground systems. In addition, the system had several bunkers in the neighboring area, which was also a restricted area, which have since been demolished. What was stored there is still unknown today.

purpose

The neutrality of this section "Purpose" is disputed. A reason can be found on the discussion page  in the " Neutrality " section. You can get more information here .

A spokeswoman for the US land forces in Europe told a local newspaper in 2011 about the purpose of the facility: “The facility is operated by the US Department of Defense. It is used to guide and control communication in the military area. "

In 2003, a ZDF documentary raised the suspicion that the system was broadcasting programs from the number broadcaster Cynthia. This has never been confirmed by the US military, but the programs in the vicinity of the site can be received with a receiver without an antenna, which indicates a considerable signal strength of the shortwave signal.

Web links

• Profile of E05 "Cynthia" with audio samples
• Profile of G05 Cynthia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CCC - Die Datenschluder # 88 (PDF; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Markus Schaible: Recreation in the former restricted area. Langen / Egelsbach Nature works fast - and looking for traces is difficult. At some point I stand at a crossroads and discover a small earth wall, pretty insignificant, but I recognize it again: there was once the entrance gate to the restricted area. April 19, 2011, accessed May 9, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Mysterious US radio station is being upgraded. In: extratipp.com. December 11, 2011, archived from the original on January 22, 2013 ; accessed on May 9, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Friend listens - US espionage in Germany ends : Phoenix , 2003.