European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page f at radio relay station on a bavarian Alp Here life in the Middle in t so bad Munich special atop aT.7.nvnrcd Mountain in South Snow can Havana Mounta Iare perched a Church graveyard Guesthouse so a us. Army radio relay St about two Kilometres Down the slope along a narrow winding Road is Hohen Weissenberg a tiny German Village. And still farther Down sits Pei Seenberg a Coal town the City to most of the army and civilian personnel who run the relay station the station is one of seven operated by cob signal by a located 50 Miles away in Munich. Part of signal group 32, Strat com Europe it uhf of v Munich bad Stoelz and Augsburg. It a the most important link in the army s communications network covering in called simply Bhe Neissen a e r a meaning Petos Berg Heights the station neither Rigi nates nor terminate radio Sig nals. It relays them. Four 30-foot-diameter troop dishes High on a Green Tower next to in equipment building serve Stutt Gart about 109 Miles to the Northwest and Nuernberg about 113 Miles to the smaller dishes receive and transmit signals coming from Munich to the Northeast and Augsburg to the Flyswatter antennas Are fixed near the base of the Tower to handle microwave transmissions in and out of Munich an bad Stoelz. The Tower is two years old has a 30-foot-Square base and rises 132 feet. It s the Only Tower in Germany that s painted Green m. Sgt. Jimmy l. Jones the local population would let us paint it red and White. It was either a Green Tower Orno Tower. So we painted it Green.". Three live at the station the Tower was necessary to hold the big dishes when the site was changed to tropospheric scatter method of transmission. The Plant that houses the equipment is 20 feet from the Tower. It has two floors the firsts filled with electronic gear and the second floor contains Kitchen living room bedroom an office and other living facilities. Three men maintain living quarters at the station. They do their own cooking and buy their own food. The others live in Turnau 20 Miles away or Munich or Weissenberg. All the men receive overseas pay quarters allowance and separate rations because there Are no government 11 v i n g or Messing facilities near the site Inus a specialist fourth class draws a monthly salary of nearly when the air starts warming Upin the morning it affects the equipment and All the level shave to be reset. Then at night when things Start Cooling off we again have to adjust the during the Winter the problems Snow. A few times the men have walked the two Kilometres up the Mountain to get to work. Getting Down is easy though. I the men Are stranded they can always ski Home or Down to where they can catch a one Snow storm last Winter the Power Man got stuck in the Generator shed. He tried to get out but the Snow had drifted to the top of the roof. He was let out the next morning when he was finally found. For night life there is Little variety. Weissenberg does t specialize in night life. However live music can be found at the cocktail bar where swinging German music is played. An nearly every night motion Pic Tures Are shown at the usually Are current movies. Skiing can always be enjoy Din the Winter of course. All the men have to do is step outside and put on a pair of skis. There Are three sides to Godown Monje said. One Side is for the experts the second is for amateurs and the third is for us. It s a Nice gentle my of Tower is Jne Mot inf Kumsu link in the army s co Manila tons network a Southern a Varia which links Munich Ife Stoelz and Augsburg. The dish antennas Are 30 fee Fin diam army photo $300. Slight bother i amm w a we
