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Ground Air Transmit Receive

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to deliver 20 kilowatts output power (early sites used the 100 watt, single-channel AN/GRT-3 instead. The aircraft receivers were either Hughes AN/ARR-60 or SLI AN/ARR-61 Airborne Radio Receivers of the Hughes MA-1 Fire Control System.
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A previously referenced AT&T training manual on SAGE/BUIC/AUTOVON phone systems does list all the AUTOVON/SAGE Switching Centers & includes their General Purpose (AUTOVON) NNX, their SAGE NNX, and … For example,
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and other suitably equipped aircraft that had been dispatched by teams in Weapons Direction rooms of SAGE Direction Centers. Maintenance was done by the 304x4 Ground Radio Maintenance
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Keesler for 304x4 training; GATR sites in Cut Bank, MO and Hastings, NE…last assignment to Andrews AFB GAR site at Brandywine, MD
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with AN/GPA-67 Time Division Data Link equipment through transmitters to the AN/ARR-39 "SAGE Datalink Receivers" used in the
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The San Francisco Z-38 (Mill Valley) site differed from
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Archived from 1072: 117:USAF Ground Air Transmit Receive sites 51:Aerospace Defense Command radar station 1311:"AN/ARQ to AN/ARY - Equipment Listing" 1412: 1410: 77:, with initial technical training at 7: 1397:"Recent Photos of Selfridge AFB, MI" 1197:Blackburn, Charles A (2012-06-23). 1017:Manual Air Defense Control Centers 28:Ground Air Transmit Receive (GATR) 14: 1173:"Minot GATR, ND Personnel Roster" 1126:had 890 for AUTOVON, 764 for SAGE 1454:"Information for Minot GATR, ND" 1021:Permanent System radar stations 41:They were deployed to automate 1479:NORAD/CONAD Historical Summary 43:ground-controlled interception 1: 96:Most GATR/SAGE sites are now 1199:"[anecdote posting]" 1315:www.designation-systems.net 98:Formerly Used Defense Sites 34:SAGE Defense System of the 1530: 15: 1103:"Re: Speaking of AUTOVON" 1059:and Richards-Gebaur from 446:Z-66 (Sault Sainte Marie) 102:Oakdale Air Force Station 69:voice and TDDL to vector 1248:standards.globalspec.com 16:Not to be confused with 1045:F-86L Sabre Interceptor 586:35.12528°N 117.606500°W 430:46.4500722°N 84.40306°W 36:United States Air Force 1514:Cold War-related lists 1333:www.f-106deltadart.com 1110:(coldwarcomms message) 903:32.44194°N 112.94889°W 851:46.93528°N 102.73167°W 800:48.88472°N 103.88417°W 747:48.43444°N 101.34528°W 694:37.16361°N 121.91917°W 643:39.09583°N 121.40500°W 535:37.03556°N 120.03167°W 484:34.55194°N 120.50222°W 322:Z-249 (Dauphin Island) 192:Z-117 (Roanoke Rapids) 79:Keesler Air Force Base 1081:"USA Support Oakdale" 1025:NORAD Control Centers 955:28.22056°N 80.61056°W 591:35.12528; -117.606500 435:46.4500722; -84.40306 358:47.51111°N 97.90139°W 306:30.24639°N 88.08222°W 249:42.62806°N 82.84556°W 176:34.75917°N 76.85556°W 1375:"Selfridge AAB TOPO" 1262:"QRZ News July 2010" 1037:Zone of the Interior 908:32.44194; -112.94889 856:46.93528; -102.73167 805:48.88472; -103.88417 752:48.43444; -101.34528 699:37.16361; -121.91917 648:39.09583; -121.40500 540:37.03556; -120.03167 489:34.55194; -120.50222 265:Z-20 (Selfridge AFB) 47:interceptor aircraft 1053:Richards-Gebaur AFB 1033:"austere SAGE area" 960:28.22056; -80.61056 951: /  899: /  847: /  796: /  743: /  690: /  639: /  582: /  531: /  480: /  426: /  363:47.51111; -97.90139 354: /  311:30.24639; -88.08222 302: /  254:42.62806; -82.84556 245: /  181:34.75917; -76.85556 172: /  118: 18:SAGE radar stations 659:Z-38 (Mill Valley) 404:Sault Sainte Marie 116: 1290:"Makah GATR 1977" 1112:on April 12, 2013 1061:Sioux City Sector 1013: 1012: 867:Z-177 (Dickinson) 1521: 1483: 1482: 1475: 1469: 1468: 1466: 1464: 1450: 1444: 1443: 1432: 1426: 1425: 1414: 1405: 1404: 1393: 1387: 1386: 1381:. 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Index

SAGE radar stations
SAGE uplink stations for BOMARC FDDL guidance
Burroughs 416L
United States Air Force
ground-controlled interception
interceptor aircraft
Aerospace Defense Command radar station
command guidance
HF
VHF
UHF
F-106 Delta Dart
career field
Keesler Air Force Base
TDDL
Varian
klystrons
Formerly Used Defense Sites
Oakdale Air Force Station
1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission
AFS
Washington
34°45′33″N 076°51′20″W / 34.75917°N 76.85556°W / 34.75917; -76.85556
Z-117 (Roanoke Rapids)
Bangor
Z-15 (Topsham)
Detroit
42°37′41″N 82°50′44″W / 42.62806°N 82.84556°W / 42.62806; -82.84556
Z-20 (Selfridge AFB)
Montgomery

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