The Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station
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| Cutler is a relatively small and remote Naval facility with one of the world's most powerful transmitters. The VLF (very low frequency) antenna and transmitter station is a communications link between regular navy communications systems and ships and submarines in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. The facility was built to prevent the disruption of communication that can occur in northern latitudes from Auroral effects. Unlike regular communications frequencies, VLF waves are not susceptible to these disturbances. The site consists of three locations, totaling 3,000 coastal acres, not far from the Canadian border. It was established in 1961, and has some remarkable features, including over 2,000 miles of copper wire underground and in the ocean. The two principal antenna arrays are composed of 26 radio towers, some almost 1,000 feet tall. Cutler has it's own power plant to keep the 2-megawatt transmitter running all the time. It employed around 300 people, until it was closed in the late 1990's. The site is now undergoing conversion to civilian use. |
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100 miles E of Bangor, 12 SE of East Machias
(POINT(-67.280960083008 44.646429533181))
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Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Cut
East Machias ME, 04630 |
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| On a peninsula south of Route 191, between Cutler and East Machias. |
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http://www.eyeball-series.org/cutler-eyeball.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/cutler.htm
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Former Defense Site, Military, Telecommunications
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