If you are, then you should carry on reading and take a closer look at a TX-site in my neighbourhood carrying a variety of mysterious transmissions:

• "The Counting Station" 5FG voice broadcasts
• Multi tone PSK-transmissions
• 108.86 Bd FSK transmissions

It is still unclear, as to which of the various US-intelligence services is the user of the site and originator of the tfc., not to speak of the recipients of
the numerous messages being transmitted 365 days per year. It appears the site is being run by the Army Security Agency (ASA).

According to natives from the area, the site was constructed shortly after WW II, and it appears that the site was modernized in the early nineties.

The site itself is linked with Rhein Main AFB via microwave link. The service personnel at the site however use civilian cars carrying neutral German
number plates, unlike normal US-servicemen in Germany who have special US number plates. On the other hand there is a signpost permitting only
US-military vehicles to drive through. So it still remains unclear if the site is being serviced by a civilian contractor, the US-MIL or another US-governement
agency.

The TX-site is located in a recreational area south-east of Rhein Main Air Base, surrounded by dense forest, next to the A5 motorway.

The site is is protected by an inner and an outer ring of meshed wire, each being topped by barbed wire. Some parts of the fence seem to be in pretty
bad shape.

Signs on the outer fence, carry both English and German warnings of high voltage. The main gate, leading to the area between the inner and outer ring
of barbed wire, is being controlled by a cypher lock and a remoted video camera.

Only a few buildings can be seen on the site. It seems though as if the transmitters are located below the ground, as large exhausts from a ventilation
system can be seen protruding from the ground.

Various types of HF-antennae are installed on the site:

• 4 rotateable 19 el. logperiodics (RLPs) with a rotor at the base of the tower seem to be used mostly for transmissions towards Africa and the Middle East.

• A small number of high performance wire LPs (TCI527) manufactured by TCI (Technology for Communication International) are fixed towards an

• A larger number of horizontally polarized wire logperiodics, probably the TCI 548 type, are fixed towards azimuth bearings of 210°, 120°,110°, 60°and 30° degrees.

 
• 2 small biconical monopoles (manufacturer unknown) seem to be used for short distances requiring a high angle of radiation.

 
• A single TCI A613 type broadband dipole is mounted near to the main building at the center of the site.