The White Falcon - 29.04.1988, Qupperneq 6

DYE-*) communications site:
Around the world in .8seconds
Compiled by the White Falcon Staff
For the men at DYE-5, sending communications
around the world in point eight seconds is just part
of a day's work. They perform this feat daily in
relaying messages from the Defense Early Warning
(DEW) Line stations.
Dye-5 has been in existence as a communication
station 3ince 1960. It was originally built to
terminate the DYE Sector of the DEW Line, and at the
same time, begin the North Atlantic Radio Section
(NARS) section of communication. This NARS
section comprises five 3ites located in Iceland,
England and West Germany.
In 1962, the prime mission of DYE-5 became
twofold. First, to provide for the Ballistic Missile
Early Warning System (BMEWS) through NARS, and
secondly, to connect the radar sites at Hofn and
Rockville into the DEW line of communication.
Since DYE-5 does not maintain any form of radar
equipment, they do not originate early warning
messages. Their prime purpose is to relay all
signals received from radar stations on the NARS

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