The Soviet Listening Post Deep Inside Chernobyl

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Classic Bullseye - The US Navy's Ears On The World
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Elephant Cage - The USA's Worldwide Listening Ear
• Elephant Cage - The US...
Krug - The Secret Soviet Listening Network
• Krug - The Secret Sovi...

[@RingwayManchester]

Classic Bullseye - The US Navy's Ears On The World kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIeuqmmdZb6Emrc Elephant Cage - The USA's Worldwide Listening Ear kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnSmlGmlna-efJI Krug - The Secret Soviet Listening Network kzbin.info/www/bejne/qp-TfWR4m91qZpI

[@innywymiar2887]

Do you have more data about FIX 24 in Obory, Poland?

[@scottbattaglia8595]

The A12 never entered service, it was an air to air interceptor version of the SR71, the CIA used SR71's no A12's....

[@innywymiar2887]

@@scottbattaglia8595 Do you have coordinates? I live in Poland and toy like to visit this place.

[@scottbattaglia8595]

@@innywymiar2887 the A12 was a proposed variant of the SR71 blackbird for the US Air force that would be an air to air interceptor, but they never made it, they only made the SR71 which didn't carry any weapons.....so the A12 never existed the plane he was referring to is the SR71 which was operated by the CIA and not by the Airforce.....

[@scottbattaglia8595]

@@innywymiar2887 and btw....my sister in-law was born raised and lived in Poland her whole life, she immigrated a few years before marrying my brother. She is amazingly bright and is an amazing person......far better of a person than my brother......lol

[@CheshireTomcat68]

Don't think the hard work you have put into these isn't appreciated. Important history has been documented that will be useful in the future.

[@RingwayManchester]

You have no idea how much comments like this mean to me! Cheers

[@digitalchaos1980]

I totally concur with this! It has been a very interesting and enjoyable ride thru these videos lately!!

[@B.Murphy]

Don't know why he would think he isn't appreciated. Love the content!

[@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484]

yes hope he archives it to other sites you can't be to careful these days

[@davidpawson7393]

I collected stamps in the late 70s and 80s with the help of my father who had many friends in the Soviet Union and China. As we lived close to both the CIA and DC in a neighborhood of government employees, contractors, scientists and real effing spies all I can say is the soundtrack here just opened a floodgate of memories and I thank you and the composer for that.

[@smatthewson2613]

I also like the soundtrack very much.

[@davidpawson7393]

@S Matthewson It has that shortwave radio beat too. I had a JVC "boombox" with shortwave bands which was great on clear nights.

[@Lobonova]

I love the soundtrack. Does it have a name?

[@alexhajnal107]

@@Lobonova Check the description

[@stevie.dx1710]

I had no idea there were just so many of these worldwide. Looks like I'm gonna have to make a little room in the backyard for one of these.

[@sergioleyvaseiglie]

You are by far my favourite amateur radio KZbin channel, and these series are great mate! The amount of research, the presentation, the soundtrack, brilliant!

[@deeiks12]

Couple of tiny details - Narva site was actually situated in USSR, not in Estonia, it's called Narva because thats the closest city but the site was actually in USSR. Also the location of the Tallinn FIX24 station is a bit off. It was actually situated couple of hundred meters to the east but the land has been repuropsed so nothing can be seen there either. Although I have some historic satellite imagery where it can be seen clearly if you might be interested for some reason :) I vaguely remember the site from my childhood as well but at least the atennas were taken down before I started visiting / exploring these kinds of places so somewhere in the early-mid 90s probably.

[@redaerf2b414]

>Narva site was actually situated in USSR, not in Estonia Estonian SSR was part of USSR.

[@deeiks12]

@@redaerf2b414 yes, but still the site was not in Estonia. It was across the border.

[@jellymop]

@@redaerf2b414 yea I was like huh? Pretty sure Estonia was a Soviet socialist republic in the 20th century but I get what he meant. It was in Russia rather than Estonia.

[@crf80fdarkdays]

@@deeiks12 definetly interested in seeing these satellite images

[@SocialistDistancing]

I had no idea so many of them existed. A lot of research went to locating all of them.

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@davidbanach7982]

I’ve always wondered what the ring next to the duga radar site was. Thanks for showing all this, it’s really amazing how determined they were to want to listen to the US.

[@kristianolsen4555]

I love all the spying and secret and number stations video you make. Thank you 👍

[@digitalchaos1980]

Amazing history here, Lewis! This was very interesting and made me think about how they put all that together and had it all networked and operating back in those days gone by. Very cool stuff, man. Please keep it up! 😎

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@digitalchaos1980]

@@RingwayManchester 😎

[@gonzinigonz]

Didn't realise there were so many of these sites about, amazing research digging them all up!

[@RingwayManchester]

I’m not finished yet :)

[@gonzinigonz]

@@RingwayManchester :)

[@martinlund9524]

@@RingwayManchester If i remember back then.. well like 10 years ago or more. the site Englishrussia did have quite a lot of mysterious antennas and other places. Some of them was covered like a very tall tree or so. I think that it is possible to find more and more. The "funny" thing about this is all those sites you have here is like just a tiny bit of all sites there are or was.

[@thormusique]

This is an absolutely wonderful series, Lewis! I've never seen anything remotely like it. Brilliant research, cheers!

[@richardsanders4624]

Excellent Video-Summery..Thank You..! Much Appreciated 😀👍

[@kasaneteto5718]

I love the rate of videos coming out. Thanks for your effort and work!

[@Hiram8866]

Thanks for doing these Lewis. I've been enjoying them.

[@alzeNL]

loving this series about these amazing antennas - thanks so much for these brilliant videos, absolutely great viewing.

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@maximal10]

I hail from Newfoundland and while not a radio enthusiast I love looking around for old sites used in the early and late cold war. There were several sites around this province mainly for the Pinetree line. Most have left a concrete pads and scars in the landscape though some have a few derelict structures. I think The Canadian Forces still use a bullseye style radar near Gander. Keep up the good work!!

[@John_Smith__]

Amazing Series! Thanks you for sharing!

[@MrRedneckcrazy]

This was an awesome video I've seen these used in other videos when talking about number stations but didn't know this about them thank you. Your number station videos are cool too

[@xargos]

I always enjoy your videos but this most recent series is especially interesting. I had no idea there were so many of these arrays around the world!

[@RingwayManchester]

Thank you so so much! you're too kind!

[@winstonschwarz1636]

Excellent as usual. Also I dig your ambient incidental synthesiser stylings. Many thanks.

[@anthonyfranz8317]

Beautiful footage and awesome info, thanks Lewis. Great job!

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks a ton!

[@paulsummers7462]

I’ve really enjoyed this series - thanks! I had no idea these arrays existed.

[@RingwayManchester]

Glad you like them!

[@samcollins6394]

Thank you once again for a really well researched and detailed video. I love learning something new every time one of your videos drops. Long may it continue x

[@stephencopeland238]

Absolutely fascinating! I REALLY ENJOYED AND APPRECIATED THIS. Thank you so very much for taking the time to video and upload. It's truly amazing

[@RingwayManchester]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!

[@TheSillyshyguy]

A trip down memory lane. Excellent series!

[@fixitdude74]

Really enjoying these videos, keep ‘em coming 👍🏻

[@johncamp2567]

Your research is remarkable!!

[@dillonp5641]

This is interesting bro thanks for the hard work!!!

[@vincentcarrot]

A breathtaking video with so much detail! Thanks!

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@davidsradioroom9678]

It is amazing what you have uncovered. Great job!

[@RingwayManchester]

Thank you very much!

[@BigUziVert2190]

Excellent video! Saw that you uploaded earlier but wasn’t able to watch it until now, keep up the great work man!! Cheers from Canada

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@relwalretep]

Love yer enthusiasm and work, mate xo

[@RingwayManchester]

Much appreciated!

[@stevehenke678]

I'm new to the channel and I love these videos mate, especially the cold war stuff. Although I have to admit I know zilch about the radios so much of the stuff goes over my head. I'm learning though so thanks.

[@skylem5373]

Fascinating video!!

[@jakethejeweler3092]

It's a tangled web we weave. Great work on this series

[@Joel-st5uw]

Great soundtrack! Video was great too. I liked this format.

[@RingwayManchester]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!

[@DARTHDANSAN]

I love your documentarys !!!

[@hedgerowpete]

another amazing video with brilliant research done

[@RingwayManchester]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!

[@kobichief]

you just stepped up +100% with your presentation, keep going!

[@32_bits]

Another good video. Liked the choice of music, it works well.

[@beneast]

Great insight, have you got them all on a map, would be interesting to see their locations all on one picture. You can get a feel for what they were looking at (direction)

[@SoloSailing77]

I wonder if there are any underground tunnels or anything of the sort! Great video, as I have never really heard about these before. Except for the huge wall antenna in Chernobyl. I think I need to spend some time, just watching old video's on your channel.

[@Povilaz]

Very interesting! Love these vids.

[@DukeofEarl1961]

Love the info - love the music more!

[@gamlemann53]

Thank's for another great vid's Lewis. The best from LB1NH 🙂

[@TigerBoyRS]

Rich content, nice soundtrack. Great videos. ❤️📻 Always listening. Cheers 🇵🇹

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@mindblast3901]

Wicked Lewis nice one👍

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@GracesGarden80]

Just stumbled across your channel love the content, especially on Cold War ear SIGINT. Any chance you could do a video on 33 Thomas Street, New York, the so called “Windowless Skyscarper”. Whilst it’s owned by AT&T, it’s uses are up for conjecture and the look of the building alone warrants some interest! Cheers, Mike

[@mcgherkinstudios]

I’m pretty sure he’s done a video on this very recently.

[@AldoSchmedack]

For many years as a kid Art Collins (Rockwell-Collins) had his own Wullenweber NE of the Collins HQ in Cedar Rapids IA just North of Collins Rd and just South of Blairsferry Rd. It is near where the pond is at now (check old sat photos from 90's). Far to North of the off limits "Govt Bldg" (has walls that block RF and they search you for phones and cameras etc, not that they would even work inside the top secret areas with what they have setup to prohibit their use). Can't help but wonder if that mini Wullenwebrer was used to make & test the electronics for those bigger ones the military used. So much radios the US and England used came from 2mi away from me. Best radios in world ever made to be honest. I miss that old antenna. As a ham I wished I would have taken more photos of it. edit: spelling only

[@Scout75PortableRadio]

This series is phenomenal!

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@stratojet94]

This channel is truly a gem.

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@wisteela]

It's amazing how many there were. The Chernobyl one would make for a fantastic (but ideally rather short) explore.

[@lukeonuke]

cant wait for your channel to explode (in popularity)

[@thegreyprepper520]

The trippy Theremin music in the background is the perfect accompaniment to the subject matter.

[@RingwayManchester]

glad you liked it

[@ArduinoAlan]

Love this series. do you think you could do a video on a little bit more of a mechanics about how these CDAAs work?

[@RingwayManchester]

Possibly! There’s not masses of information to explain it in layman’s terms. I read up on the real technical side and I think a video would be boring 😂

[@Mike-H_UK]

@@RingwayManchester Not to the viewers of this channel.....

[@alzeNL]

@@Mike-H_UK totally agree - esp with the excellent presentation style given here, it would be excellent !

[@stevie.dx1710]

@@RingwayManchester Would be interesting even if it was short.

[@AlanFogartyIRL]

mate, many congrats on the great video's. you're doing a blinding job

[@RingwayManchester]

Wow, thanks!

[@ddegn]

I don't think the SR-71 ever flew over the Soviet Union. After Gary Powers had been shot down, the US didn't want to risk another pilot coming down in the USSR. I believe the SR-71 flights flew outside of Soviet airspace. My quick attempt to find a source for this information failed but I remember hearing this more than once. Thanks for another interesting video.

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks Duane! We’re all here to learn :)

[@ddegn]

@@RingwayManchester Which is why I'm subscribed to this channel. I think Curious Droid has an episode about the SR-71. I think that's where I learned (to my suprise) the SR-71 didn't overfly the Soviet Union. Thanks again for the interesting video. These "Elephant Cage" episodes have be really interesting to me.

[@willynebula6193]

I could be wrong. But wasn't the SR-71 developed in response to the captured pilot? Also have any SR-71 missions been declassified?

[@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484]

fascinating research

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks

[@MrYiangoss]

In a few videos, you made reference to akrotiri antennas. There seems to be quite a few. Any plans for a series on what’s what?

[@M7BCN]

Excellent 👍

[@moki123g]

These are all really interesting. I would be curious to know what has replaced them.

[@h-leath6339]

OK, I'm not a radio head but I have been fascinated by bunkers and the control systems therein since I was a child. It's my catnip. And there is something about radio tech that is fascinating. It's so low level yet so far reaching and influential yet also by nature so accessible. I have noticed antenna design also since I was a kid. Watching your videos recently I've seen a lot of what I would call "birdcage" antennas. I think it would be neat if you could do a vid on antenna shape (whip, fishbone, birdcage, slab, ring, clothesline, chode etc..) and their purposes. I know size is related to wavelength but the reasons for the shapes is way interesting. Rock on man!

[@RingwayManchester]

I need to do that video! Cheers

[@Codyjrt]

Outstanding.

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@donbrearley3148]

Hey look, its one of those circular arrays you missed in your previous video. (yes, joking!) haha. Thanks again for a great one.

[@livingabovethe12th]

Might be interesting to see/understand how the control equipment in the buildings worked how the data that was collected was formatted into something useable. I formerly worked in an over-the-horizon site in Maine in the control center that collated all the transmit and receive data and I wonder if these facilities were much different. 👍

[@RingwayManchester]

Video on Tuesday with a bit more info on this 👍🏻

[@crf80fdarkdays]

Was it for the army or coastguard?

[@Nick_G7IZR]

Fascinating, thanks. You should write a book, or even produce something for telly on cold war comms.

[@RingwayManchester]

Too kind! Thanks!

[@MrToonfish]

I didn't see any of the vertical cages antennas at the krug site of the Chernobyl village number 2, all the antennas were cut and left to the ground, not a single antenna is intact. The building at the center of the vertical array is flooded with almost 1m of permanent water. Hard place to visit, we stay around the DUGA-1 antennas instead.

[@J.C...]

Mr Ringway of Manchester. Nice 😎😁👍

[@hanktorrance6855]

Such great history, i grew up with loads of cold war history in my part of the states, including NIKE missle bases and their targeting arrays, some are gone and prurposed some have been updated and still in use today. thanls for your detective work and history lessons!

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@DSPrints_]

4:53 that one shares the same “white cages” as the douga OTH radar as well that’s quite funny 😄

[@austinmetro6317]

Very interesting, and educational. What is the modern day equivalent?

[@willynebula6193]

More duga videos if possible. Anything regarding that system is super interesting.

[@RingwayManchester]

More to come!

[@timpgpilot2530]

Have you done a video about 'Cobra Mist' at Orford Ness ? Thanks for your very interesting videos.

[@RingwayManchester]

Not yet!

[@timmorris8932]

Can you visualize the HAM Shack you could build on one of these sites? I've wanted to acquire one of the old DoD radio sites here in the US for just that purpose. Sadly, I need to live somewhere with actual jobs, and all of the sites up for sale are too remote. Also, I am really curious what that plowed track around the perimeter of the Simferopol Fir-24 site @ 9:00 is all about.

[@thomascrown9109]

Amazing

[@rachelcarre9468]

Lewis, please make a Spotify station with all your RM music! Truly beautiful! i’ll buy you a coffee tomorrow 😀

[@ElFacuPanterA]

It's a pretty interesting location, better look out for the bloodsuckers nesting underneath it tho

[@jonfr]

The Murmansk (Kildinstroy) Thick 8 at 07:31 seems to be military installation. This is way up north and outside of most television satellites that service russia with a television signal. I am not sure, but the dish seems to be pointed in the direction of around 40E to 45E. I might be wrong, so there's always that option.

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@edgeeffect]

I like the way that the one that's near Duga uses the same "cage dipoles" that Duga uses... because they had a bunch of them handy??????

[@andyalder7910]

Can clearly see the circle of Sovetskaya Gavan thick 8 in your picture.

[@highpath4776]

use of redundant sites for solar arrays seems a good idea

[@richardcurrinn9880]

Great history of the coldwar site's you did amazing digging up this information

[@WDGFE]

I’m very curious about those birdcage antennas. I’d thought they were only used on the Duga array, but clearly they saw service in other installations.

[@RingwayManchester]

me too! I must look in to them!

[@camhyde9701]

enjoyed the synth stuff at 3:27

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks!

[@Urbanex2u]

wow amazing love to Explore ..

[@Rob2]

I guess the CIA would have loved to have Google Earth in the seventies...

[@joeblow8593]

Thanks for the top notch research and videos. Can you get hold of the original CIA photos now that they are declassified? I don't know where to look, maybe one of your subscribers could help.

[@3fus]

5:30 Eufurt or Erfurt ? I found more info and photos at a german historical website, like you said it's now a solar energy park. 73 from PA the 3fus.

[@longsighted]

Fascinating, what went on in the cold war and how extensive the hardware.

[@nicc5122]

I'm surprised of the close proximity of the Chernobyl Thick 8 close to the Duga, surely the Duga would have overloaded the receiving site to make it useless? Or it imples the Duga only transmitted at certain times and the receiver could work outside those times.

[@NeovanGoth]

10:00 Kinda uncanny to hear the theme song of Quinn's Ideas (a channel about science fiction) in a completely different context. :D

[@janhumpolicek8373]

6:58, whats tha song? I am absolutely in love with it.

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

'Blue Orbit' by Cosmic Dust.

[@janhumpolicek8373]

@@Stephen_Lafferty thank you kind stranger

[@rolly4x4]

Far out there was a huge number of these built!

[@woj95]

Hi, have you heard about BARS/leopard military communication system? Near my hometown was one of the nodes, or whatever it's called. I remember how i explored those abandoned buildings as a kid. At that time it felt like huge complex, but my child memories may be little bit exagerated 😅 Sadly for some reason city decided to demolish most of the ruined buildings. Only one building is left now. If I remember correctly it was unit number 203, it would be great to hear something about technical details of that.

[@gluecksdrache2054]

In that time the technology defending the country was at least 20+ years forward compared to what civilians had. I appreciate the hard work of the personnel there 24/7 even on public holidays.

[@RingwayManchester]

I'll look into that!

[@davedoe6445]

This system? de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphären-Nachrichtensystem_Bars

[@gluecksdrache2054]

@@davedoe6445 Thank you for the great link. This source seems reliable regarding technology and some facts. But always be aware that some of the founders have a direct wire to a company making great events und D1vos.

[@woj95]

@@davedoe6445 yes, thanks for the link, haven't thought about looking at German Wikipedia 😅

[@jimpawlak7806]

gee...i always wonder what the heck if anything did they learn doing all the listening they did...

[@PapaYosif]

2:01 isnt that the place with all the sleeping bloodsuckers in stalker?

[@tnfreemason]

Your channel is one of my favorites. 73. K4SDS

[@RingwayManchester]

Wow, thanks!

[@fishbones2]

I find your videos very interesting. Could you provide more technical information on how these circular antenna arrays actually worked when in use? Did they contain transmitters, or only receivers for listening? Also you might want to report on Russia's version of HAARP similar to what the US built in Alaska. I seem to recall that their version like their space shuttle was bigger and more powerful than US HAARP. Is it still in use?

[@lordtherapeutics]

05:09. What an image. Gossebumps. Also, I usually bridle at background music in KZbin videos and want to scream…but not on your channel. In this episode in particular the marriage of the music and the imagery and the commentary is absolutely masterful.

[@RingwayManchester]

Thank you! Yes I try and stay away from music but I like how this worked when I had nothing to say haha

[@ismiregalichkochdasjetztso3232]

For those unfamiliar, those cage structures are high bandwidth dipoles. The thicker the wire of the dipole, the higher the bandwidth. The cage structure is an abstracted very thick wire. The same idea can be observed in the Duga radiators.