Wireless tower "Altai"

On the street Blyukher towers an unusual tower with antennas, located in a circle on the site, fortified on top of this tower. It was built to create wireless communications "Altai" in Samara (in those years still Kuibyshev).

In the middle of the last century, at the request of the top leadership of the USSR, the development of a system of mobile automatic radio communication "Altai" began in the country. In 1963 the task was solved - on the territory of Moscow the system was put into trial operation. Receivers of "Altai" weighed several kilograms and were mounted mainly in cars.

By the mid-1970s, under the coverage of this system, there were already 114 Soviet cities, but in Kuibyshev the radiotelephone communication shop Altai appeared only in 1982.

In an era of its heyday, the system became available not only to public figures, but also to enterprise managers. At the beginning of the 1980s, the number of subscribers was about 25,000. For the country's top leadership and special services, the "Rosa" system was created, which was a variant with additional encryption facilities.

Antenna systems were developed at the Moscow State Specialized Project Institute (GSPI)

The quality of communication on the "Altai" was no worse than on wired telephone lines, and communication problems were rare. But with the development of cellular networks and the decline in prices for mobile phones, the system gradually lost demand. Nevertheless, the "Altai" system is still alive - in some cities it is quite possible to connect to it, and there are areas in which such communication works most stably.

Later, the system was usually modernized, with domestic or imported equipment. The basic positioning is professional communication for various services, from a taxi to an ambulance.

Samples of subscriber equipment of mobile communication system.

Source photo - http://topwar.ru/

The following photos were taken in winter 2016