Legacy of Goliath (after 1945)
Shortly after World War II, the Goliath transmitter buildings and antennas were reportedly destroyed by the Soviets. Today only one 170 metre mast base remains of the original installation.
According to the interview given in 2007 by the commander of the present-day Goliath facility in Russia, Captain 1st Rank Yuri Gorev, to the Nizhny Novgorod edition of Argumenty i Fakty, Goliath was rebuilt between 1949 and 1952 in the Kudma River valley, in the southern suburbs of Nizhny Novgorod (Kstovsky District; 56°10′19″N 43°55′54″E / 56.17194°N 43.93167°E / 56.17194; 43.93167). Since then, the station has been transmitting commands and time signals RJH99 for the Russian Navy. Since the 1960s, it has also participated in tracking spacecraft. The nearby settlement for the staff of the facility is known under the name Druzhniy.
The antenna system of Vileyka VLF transmitter greatly resembles that of Goliath, but all its masts are nearly exactly 100 metres taller.
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