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ACE High was a NATO communications system

Communications system

In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole...

which dates back to 1956. The system was decommissioned in the late 1980s, and its frequencies reallocated for commercial radiotelephone service. The system was designed to be an L-band troposcatter radio system, which was meant to provide long-range communication service in the form of telephone

Telephone

The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

and telegraph to NATO. These two services combined produced over two hundred channels, and equipment was in place to multiplex them to contain up to 12 different calls each. There were 82 stations, located in nine different NATO countries.

The transmitters broadcast at 832.56 to 959.28 MHz, and some were able to produce a transmitting power of about 10 kilowatts.

ACE High sites

The ACE High network included the following major sites and terminals, but also consisted of LOS (line of sight) microwave links to Operations centres and headquarters not listed here.

Norway

(NC- Senja) > NSEZ - Senja 69°19'44.06"N 17°29'49,52"O
(nca - Höggumpen) > NHGZ - Höggumpen 69°04'41.27"N 18°00'16.53"O 502üNN
(ND- Bodö) > NKLZ - Bodoe 67°10'23.34"N 15°01'24.42"O 801üNN
(nda - Bodoe Tail - Kletkov)
(NE - Mosjöen) > NMOZ - Mosjoen 65°52'41.93"N 13°18'11.54"O 627üNN
(NF - Trondheim) > NSBZ - Trondheim 63° 18′ 41,1″ N, 10° 56′ 17,75″ O
(nfa - Trondheim Tail - Graakallen) 63°25'15.27"N 10°15'06.65"O 543üNN
(NG - Oslo AAA) > NSOZ - Oslo 60°03'34.24"N 11°16'09.06"O 246üNN
(Oslo YYY - Svartas) > NVAZ - Svartas
(nga - Oslo Tail 01 - Kolsaas)
(ngb - Oslo Tail 02 - Maakeroy)
(NH - Kristiansand - Stormyrheia) > NSMZ - Kristiansand 58°27'19.14"N 08°27'43.45"O 326üNN
(NJ - Sola - Lysanuf) > NLYZ - Sola 59°31'40.46"N 05°54'12.25"O 792üNN

United Kingdom

(EAA - Foroes - Sandfelli 2)
USVZ
UCOZ
(EA - Shetlands - Mossy Hill) > UMSZ - Mossy Hill > 59°57'17.15"N 01°18'11.60"O 227üNN
(eab - Shetlands Tail Relay - Collofirth Hill)
(eac - Shetlands Tail - Saxa Vord) 60°49'37.20"N 00°50'22.59"O 276üNN
(EB - Aberdeen - Mormond Hill) > UMOZ - Mormond Hill 57°36'11.19"N 02°01'51.86"O 227üNN
(eba - Aberdeen Tail - Long Haven Hill) > USVZ - Long Haven Hill
(EC - Boulmer - Brizlee Wood) > UBOZ - Brizlee Wood
(ED - Binbrook - Stenigot) > UBIZ - Stenigot 53°19'36.08"N 00°06'57.44"O 153üNN
(EE - London - Coldblow Lane) > UMAZ - Coldblow Lane 51°17'44.95"N 00°36'51.52"O 194üNN
(eeb - London Tail Relay - Woldinghom)
(eea - London tail - Hillingolon)

RAF Uxbridge
RAF Uxbridge
RAF Uxbridge was a Royal Air Force station in Uxbridge within the London Borough of Hillingdon. Its grounds covered originally belonging to the Hillingdon House estate, which was purchased by the British Government in 1915, three years before the founding of the RAF...

– local terminus

France

(FAN - Paris - Mont Florentin) FFLZ - Paris North 49°20'27.59"N 02°03'06.79"O 222üNN
FTAZ - Taverny 49°02'02.88"N 02°13'45.85"O 178üNN
(fac - Paris Tail (2)- Sant Germain) 48°54'44.67"N 02°01'25.44"O 71üNN
(fae - Paris Tail (2) - Extension (SHAPE) 48°50'34'19"N 02°06'14.30"O 178üNN
(fa - Relais Paris - Emeville) FEMZ - Emeville 49°18'01.83"N 03°00'41.00"O 247üNN
(faa - Paris Tail (1) - Laffaux) 49°27'15.05"N 03°24'57.39"O 143üNN
(fad - Relay Paris - Rozoy Bellevalle) FRBZ - Rozoy Bellevalle 48°55'56.05"N 03°28'24.62"O 219üNN
(FAS - Paris - Mont Aout) FAOZ - Paris South 48°46'14.78"N 03°53'25.33"O 216üNN
(FA - Trier - Rohrbach) FROZ - Rohrbach 49°03'18.47"N 07°14'40.74"O 376üNN
(fay - Trier Tail - Kindsbach) ABHZ - Kindsbach 49°23'48.11"N 07°35'38.32"O 458üNN
(FC - Lyon - Pierre sur Haute) FLYZ - Lyon 45°39'11.52"N 03°48'33.07"O 1632üNN
(FD - Nice - Signal de la Chens) FNIZ - Nice 43°44'53.67"N 06°39'44.85"O 1703üNN

Netherlands

HBRZ - Brunssum 50°56'19.11"N 05°58'35.60"= 95üNN
HMAZ - Maastricht 50°50'25.05"N 05°39'33.78"O 82üNN

Belgium

BADZ - Adinkerke
BCAZ - Casteau (SHAPE) Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe - Central command of NATO military forces 50°30'05.56"N 03°58'15.69"O 87üNN
BCHZ - Chievres
BFRZ - Baraque de Fraiture 50°15'07.94"N 05°43'56.13"O 654üNN

Italy

IDGZ - Dosso dei Galli 45°51'13.66"N 10°22'32.28"O 2174üNN
IVTZ - Verona Tail ( im West Star Bunker ) 45°33'17.89"N 10°45'46.83"O 334üNN
(IA - Livorno - Monte Giogo) IMXZ - Livorno 44°19'17.38"N 10°07'30.94"O 1496üNN
(IAZ - Cavriana - Monte Bosco Sucro) IMBZ - Cavriana 45°21'00.79"N 10°37'01.46"O 189üNN
(iaa - Verona Torre 4) 45°27'11.35"N 11°00'30.55"O 164üNN
(IAY - Lame - Cavanella) ICEZ - Lame Concordia 45°44'55.99"N 12°52'08.75"O 7üNN
(iax - Aviano) IAVZ - Aviano 46°01'23.02"N 12°35'34.19"O 99üNN
(IB - Rome - Tolfa) ITLZ - Rome 42°09'01.76"N 11°54'32.73"O 621üNN
(iba - Rome Tail - Monte Cavo) IMCZ - Monte Cavo 41°45'04.86"N 12°42'31.03"O 930üNN
(IC - Neaples - Ischia - Punta Fetto) IICZ - Neaples 40°35'50.88"N 13°54'08.54"O 639üNN
(ica - Neaples Tail - Monte Pecorara) IPEZ - Monte Petrino 41°13'24.29"N 13°57'57.75"O 335üNN
(icy - Monte Vergine) IMNZ - Monte Nardello 40°56'20.67"N 14°43'07.21"O 1489üNN
(icz - Monte Vulture) IVUZ - Monte Vulture 40°57'03.12"N 15°38'10.75"O 1301üNN
(icv - Monte Lacontenente)
(icf - Pietra Ficcata) IPFZ - Pietra Ficcata 40°34'04.90"N 16°19'21.31"O 586üNN
(icw - Martina Franca) IAMZ - Martina Franca
(ID - Catanzaro - Monte Mancuso) IMMZ - Catanzaro 39°01'09.13"N 16°13'32.02"O 1319üNN
(IDA - Monte Lauro - Cozzo tre Grotte) ICCZ - Monte Lauro 37°06'52.13"N 14°51'18.96"O 944üNN
(idb - Malta - Gharghur) IDBZ - Malta - Gharghur

Greece

(GA - Kefallina) > GKFZ - Kefallonia 38°10'11.18"N 20°37'08'53"O 1001üNN
(GB - Athens - Pendelikon) > GPKZ - Athens 38°04'50.46"N 23°52'58.14"O 1038üNN
(GBZ - Crete - Ziros) > GZIZ - Ziros 35°03'53.52"N 26°09'14.24"O 786üNN
(GBY - Larissa - Phillon) > GPIZ - Phillon 39°25'22.75N 23°03'11.54"O 1513üNN
(GBW - Vitsi) > GVIZ - Vitzi 40°38'43.34"N 21°23'11.07"O 2009üNN
(GBV - Ismaros) > GISZ - Ismaros 40°53'34.67"N 25°32'56.06"O 612üNN

Turkey

(TA - Izmir - Bespinar Tepes) > TBPZ - Izmir - Bespinar Tepes
(taa - Izmir Tail) > TKYZ - Izmir Tail
(TB - Eskisehir)
(tba - Eskirsehir Tail)
(TC - Ankara) > TEDZ - Ankara - Elan Dagi 39°48'20.59"N 32°59'32.27"O 1856üNN
(TCK - Merzifon)
(TCW - Persembe)
(TCV - Pazar)
(TD - Siwas - Pinarbasi) > TPIZ - Pinarbasi
(TG - Adana) > TDDZ - Davudi Dağı
(tga - Adana Tail)
(TE - Dyarbakir - Karaka Dagi)
(tea - Dyarbakir Tail)

TKUZ,
TKJZ,
TDIZ,
Bloatli, Turkey

Cyprus

(TCZ - Cap Greco) > JCGZ -Cavo Greko 36°58'00.85"N 34°04'11.41"O 62üNN

Germany

ABHZ - Kindsbach 49°23'51.24"N 07°35'41.17"E 458üNN
(AA - Emden - Aurich) AEMZ - Aurich 53°30'32.04"N 07°26'34.83"E 10üNN
(AB - Moenchengladbach - Roetgen) ALAZ -Lammersdorf 50°39'57.59"N 06°17'14.58"E 593üNN
(abb - Moenchengladbach Tail (1) - Hehn) AHEZ - Hehn 51°10'51.44"N 06°23'37.77"E 81üNN
(aba - Moenchengladbach Tail (2) - Millen) 50°45'57.87"N 05°33'47.26"E 151üNN
(abc - Uedem) AUEZ - Uedem 51°39'39.08"N 06°16'58.97"E 47üNN
AFEZ - Feldberg 47°52'23.09"N 08°00'59.73"E 1458üNN

Denmark

(DA - Karup - Torphoe) DLUZ - Karup 56°13'49.03"N 09°09'48.63"O 68üNN
(daa - Karup Tail - Lundbakke) DTOZ - Kollemorten 55°52'28.98"N 09°21'00.95"O 135üNN

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