bars 501
BARS was a Warsaw pact tropo-scatter network stretching from Rostok in the DDR through Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Byelorussia USSR, Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria.
Tropo-scatter is a method of communicating using microwave radio signals, effective communication distances can reach 300km. When the Soviets 'installed these system in Hungary, they funded the construction of BARS 504 whilst the remaining sites were funded and constructed by the Hungarians. To that end, 501, 502 & 503 are of a different design to BARS 504.
Write up courtesy of http://www.ratsnruins.co.uk
BARS 501 is one of 4 such systems in Hungary and 1 of 3 we managed to visit.
Tropo-scatter is a method of communicating using microwave radio signals, effective communication distances can reach 300km. When the Soviets 'installed these system in Hungary, they funded the construction of BARS 504 whilst the remaining sites were funded and constructed by the Hungarians. To that end, 501, 502 & 503 are of a different design to BARS 504.
Write up courtesy of http://www.ratsnruins.co.uk
BARS 501 is one of 4 such systems in Hungary and 1 of 3 we managed to visit.
