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Old 20th Jun 2010, 11:18
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210thars : franzl already commented. On the left in your pic 1 is communication truck (SKP) with discone antennas.

In the last (Kipelovo) photo also shown “code lantern” but the up pointing vertical double-yagi is a normal component of PRMG landing system, much like ILS Marker antenna but with different audio modulation (3000 Hz) and some other features.

Normal non-directional beacon which we know as locator (LO, LM, LOM, LMM) is problematic in Russian language. For them lokator = Radar ! For them our generic “NDB” is privodnaya radiostantsiya (in English = Homing station), when in a landing system “far” = ДПРМ and “near” = БПРМ.

All pilots are too well aware that NDB aka locator is good for homing with ADF, while Marker (OM, MM) (almost always 75 MHz) will not help.

NVA-Fliegers explain (almost) everything like only Germans can explain. Komplexes Landesystem SP-1 divided into OSP, RSP, PRMG, RSBN. OSP includes essential rather peculiar lighting system with already shown (morse coded) Light beacon, SKP communication and a number of navigation systems. Franzl can no doubt give helping hand with German language.

Flugsicherungsmittel an FP - Die Ausbildung zum Hubschrauberführer der NVA. Ich hab's erlebt.

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