Vince Carnagan writes, I was the Branch Chief for the Radio and
Analysis Branch in
the Communications Directorate from 1982 to 1988. Before that I was an
Electronic Engineer in the Branch from 1969 to 1982. The Branch was
responsible for the Analysis of radio signals and equipment, the
Air-to-Ground radio communications, the
Ground-to-Ground radio compunctions, the Flight Termination Command
Destruct Transmitters and the Frequency Surveillance System. One Frequency
Surveillance station is in Albuquerque, four on WSMR and one in El Paso
Texas. In about 1983, the Frequency Surveillance station at Fort Bliss
was moved from near Rail road Drive and Fred Wilson onto Biggs Field.
This location is near the Detention center on Biggs field. The
photo is the raising of the wooden tower to house the surveillance antennas
on each deck. The tower was constructed by the WSMR Engineers on the WSMR
main post. The transportation was on a long flat bed truck on roads
between US 54 and the War road. I don't recognize any of the construction
personnel. Therefore they are probably from the Facilities Engineering
department rather than communications.
