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Roi-Namur is an island in the northern part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands. Occupied by Japanese forces prior to World War II, it was the target of the U.S. 4th Marine Division in the Battle of Kwajalein, in February 1944. It is home to many Americans who work on the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site. There is one runway for small planes that commute from Kwajalein. The activities on Roi-Namur range from a nine hole golf course, saltwater swimming pool, scuba club, movie theater, volleyball, and basketball court. The island actually used to be two different islands until they were joined by the Japanese. The Namur side is home to the jungle and the tracking satellites. Roi is the main housing area, with most of the retail facilities there. The housing department, library, gym, barber shop, snack bar, and Outrigger bar share one building. The store carries the same basic necessities as a convenience store, along with a DVD rental facility. WIKIPEDIA - ROI-NAMUR |
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NOTE: The following Job may NOT be available anymore since posting this... but we thought to include it for historical interest, as well as make a point as to where information can be found without 'secret' clearance required. Check here for availability - http://www.aztechpro.com/Pages/Kwajalein-Job.html High Power Radar Specialist Needed to Maintain 150' Radar on Roi-Namur Job Description: Outstanding career opportunity for a High Power Radar Transmitter Electrical Engineer in the Kwajalen Atoll. Marshall Islands. Electrical Engineer, Radar Transmitter Location: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands: Provide operations and maintenance support for radar system. Responsibilities: The Radar Transmitter Engineer supports day-to-day operational maintenance with the transmitter operator and Radar Operations Director to meet radar mission requirements. This requires the continuous evaluation of spares readiness. Candidate will be responsible for design of transmitter system enhancements and upgrades. Employee must be able to define off-line test setups to support diagnosing subassembly failures. The transmitter engineer is responsible for safety requirements involving the transmitter. Experience in the safe setup and conduct of measurements of high-voltage circuits, and dangerous X-ray and RF levels is required. Direct and schedules work for field engineers/technicians and coordinates activities with other subsystem engineers (software, receiver, digital). Provides training for new employees at site in all areas related to the transmitter. Will be the site expert and will be expected to perform all the duties to ensure mission success without guidance or supervision. Will work closely with system engineers on a regular basis.  Security Clearance: Applicant selected
will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility
requirements for access to classified information.
Required Skills: Direct experience in designing/implementing improvements with respect to vacuum tube, high power peak pulsed microwave transmitters. Must also have experience in the design, support and debug of general RF equipment. Must be familiar with CAD tools including microwave design software. Experience with standard RF Measurement Equipment such as spectrum and network analyzers, and power meters. Good verbal and written communication skills. Desired Skills: Supervisory/Leadership experience. Typical Experience: 10+ years Transmitter design or maintenance experience. Education: BSEE (MSEE Preferred). Kwajalein: Top 10 Reasons to
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Bombed Japanese Air Control Station ...
Bombed out Japanese building, Roi Namur, Kwajelin Atoll DAFIF Airport Information Worldwide - PKRO DYESS AAF Altitude 9ft
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Refuge from nuclear fallout Some of the residents of Ebeye are refugees or descendants of refugees from the effects of the cataclysmic 15 megaton Castle Bravo nuclear test at Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954. The detonation rained nuclear fallout and two inches (50 mm) of radioactive snow on nearby Rongelap Atoll, causing widespread radiation sickness, and the birth of tragically malformed infants called "jellyfish babies". The American authorities evacuated Rongelap, and Ebeye was the final destination for many of them. Robert Barclay's novel Melal, set in Kwajalein Atoll in 1982, provides some insight into these issues, along with a portrait of the difficult contradictions of life between the horrors of Ebeye living and the luxuries of American middle-class life a stone's throw away at Kwajalein. Source: Wikipedia |
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| Enniburr Island By wd8crt
Enniburr is often called "Third Island" because most Americans living on the atoll either don't know the name or cannot pronounce the name. It is home to some 1500 native Marshallese. |
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Mysterious looking spots... led to coordinates not
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Redacted Island; By NouvelleOrleans
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GAGAN site by IspywmyEye Super RADOT, BC-4, Spectral Telemetry (4 fixed ant) KMISS http://www.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/RangeInst/TM.html
The RTS telemetry ground stations are located on the islands of Kwajalein, Roi-Namur, Illeginni, and Gagan. These locations provide a varied tracking geometry for reentry orbital, post-impact, and launch operations. Kwajalein and Roi-Namur locations have single-channel conical-scan 1700 to 2400 MHz receiving antenna systems with 2200 to 2400 MHz auto-track capability. A summary of antenna and equipment specifications is presented in table below. The Kwajalein and Roi-Namur facilities are capable of demultiplexing and decommutating most standard telemetry signals. In addition, both Kwajalein and Roi-Namur sites are capable of decommutating data of vehicle trajectory for range safety. Reliable reception, recording, and processing of telemetered flight data is a critical component of RTS mission support. http://www.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/RangeInst/TM.html
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This was a little before my time. I am not even sure what they are doing. Looks like fun. ...
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Putting a HITS station in the lagoon. GELLINAM site By IspywmyEye http://www.smdc.army.mil/RTS.html
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Space-X launch site, link has pictures and videos.
SpaceX Launch Pad - Marshall Islands By mhaeberli The SpaceX Launch Pad on the Marshall Islands - on the island of Omelek. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
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Nell Island is part of Kwajalein Atoll in the Ralik Chain in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), 2,100 nautical miles (3900 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. It lies at a unique convergence of deep, narrow, protected channels and small islands. This area is perhaps the most beautiful location in all the Marshall Islands and the traditional seat of power for the Iroij (High Chiefs) at Kwajalein, prior to foreign occupation and population displacement. Nel(Nõl) is part of a group of four islands - including Enmaat, Pikon-Nõl and Anê-Ruo - with special historical importance in Marshallese culture. Marshallese consider these islands some of the most sacred or "mo" (tabu) islands in Kwajalein Atoll. Enmaat was the residence of the high chiefs' families. Traditional Marshallese cultural leadership and land-ownership for these islands resides with the Kabua family. According to Ato Langio, a Marshallese elder, the area just inside Enmaat - protected by Enmaat, Anê-ruo, Nõl and Pikon-Nõl - is one of the most protected canoe anchorages in the atoll. Early Marshallese cultures relied heavily on their expert navigation skills, their skill in building and sailing the large (up to 100') ocean-going outrigger canoes known as Proa and on the unique Marshall Islands stick chart as a means of navigational documentation. The Nel area was called "mien wa" (sheltered haven for canoes for the chief), and protected by "Limejwa", a Marshallese idol. With wistful sadness modern day Marshallese relate how children could cross the channel with immunity protected by "Limejwa" using coconuts for floatation. Pacific cultures anthropologist Dr. Larry Carucci did extensive research on the cultural significance of sites in Kwajalein Atoll. He explains that the Nel area is specially significant because the Iroij and Leiroj lived there and also because the island of Anê-ruo was "uliej", the graveyard or cemetery of high chiefs. To this day, out of respect and a sense of "mo" many Marshallese transiting the area stop across the channel from Nõl - on Enmaat - and do not make landfall on Nõl. These islands fall within the "mid-atoll corridor" which was evacuated in 1965 to establish a safe area for ICBM testing (NIke X program) when Kwajalein Atoll was part of the United Nations Trust Territories. The residents were moved to Ebeye where they remain up to this day under terms of a Compact of Free Association. Interestingly, there's confusion within the non-native population at Kwajalein regarding just which island here is Nel. Many refer to the group of four islands - Nel, Enmaat, Pikon-Nõl, Ane-ruo - as Nel. Nel Island is the larger, longer island east of the chiefs' island and Nel Pass, but recent residents of the Atoll have come to refer to the smaller Anê-Ruo(Enero) island as Nel. This beautiful, small (1/8 x 1/4mi) island - the "king's island" - lies lagoon-side of Enmaat and west of Nel Pass. This is the "Nell" that is destination for many current visitors to the area while Nel itself is the much larger (1/8 x 3.5mi) island east of Nel pass. SOURCE: Wikipedia Nell Island Eru Marshall Islands No Pics Nothing Spotted |
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ABM Launch Site Fixed Camers Towers (3), CCTV Local pictures ... http://www.mcgrathimages.com/Gallery/Locations/Kwajalein/Meck/
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Wreckage of German Cruiser Prinz Eugen By hanswurscht The WW2 German Curiser Prinz Eugen capsized on 22 December 1946 after it was used for US atomic bomb testing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen
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ENNYLABEGAN site By IspywmyEye http://www.smdc.army.mil/RTS.html
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LEGAN site By IspywmyEye Super RADOT (2) BC-4 (2) Spectral http://www.smdc.army.mil/RTS.html
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ILLEGINNI site By IspywmyEye Fixed Camera Tower Land Impact Site Telemetry http://www.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/RangeInst/TM.html http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/facility/images/Illeginni.jpg
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KWAJALIEN site By IspywmyEye Metric Radars: MPS-36 (2) FAA Radar:
http://www.thunderstruckobservatory.com/kwajphotos.html
PKWA BUCHOLZ AAF Kwajalein-Bucholz Marshall Islands PKWA BUCHOLZ AAF By Karl_9999 Altitude 9ft
RWY 6 APPR 65°
SAN FRANCISCO ARINC FREQ1 2998 M FREQ2 8903 K FREQ3
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http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2001/2001-05-08-09.asp
Phallon 12/13/06 10:08 AM They are not in fact fuel storage tanks, they are potable and non-potable water. Fuel tanks are smaller and just north of the water tanks. I believe the potable water has the golf ball looking covers on them and non-potable doesn't. Sweage treatment is NW of the tanks in small rectangular brown pools. There are a lot of satellite dishes and radar on Kwajalein, but the really big impressive ones are at the north end of the atoll about 60 miles to the north on Roi-Namur. The small white dot on the West tip of the island is the main raidar on the island. The big gray building just to the south is a nuclear hardend facility with walls multiple feet thick that was due to house a massive phased array radar, but never ended up happening. There's no real turrets on the island, the police are only lightly armed. There are some WW2 relics there, guns, pillboxes, bunkers and such, but they are very decayed with time and not functional.
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