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Williams/Vyvx Teleport Facility in Perris, California

TR and I stumbled upon what we thought might be a NSA earth station in Perris, California. Luckily, nerds never travel anywhere without digital cameras and portable GPS receivers, so we brought back images and the exact location of this place. You know, just in case any of you freaks would be interested in our antics.

The location is:

N:   33.45.534'
W:  117.18.815'

Officially, this place is a Williams Communications/Vyvx Los Angeles Teleport earth station, and it might just be used for commercial purposes.

Here's the FCC reference:

119-DSE-AL-96 (6) E950359 -X TELEPORT TRANSMISSION COMPANY
APPLICATION GRANTED ON 01/19/1996 FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF EARTH STATION AUTHORIZATION
SERVICE: DOMESTIC FIXED SATELLITE CLASS OF STATION: FIXED EARTH STATION
SERVICE: INTERNATIONAL FIXED SATELLITE
LOCATION: 20021 Santa Rosa Mine Road, PERRIS, RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA
FROM: TELEPORT TRANSMISSION COMPANY
TO: VYVX, INC.

So, what do they do? This is from the Williams Teleport page:

Teleport and Transponder
MPEG-2 Compressed Video to Uplink Services

Our alliances, infrastructure and world-class customer service enable us to provide industry-leading teleport services around the globe. We own and operate four strategically located teleports in or near:

Atlanta
Denver
Los Angeles
New York

All offer compressed video transmission and reception services utilizing Tiernan compression equipment which can be used in a 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 configuration. Our Internet peering capabilities in New York and Los Angeles as well as our fiber connectivity, enable us to offer customers fast and economical Internet connectivity. Our teleport services include:

Uplink/Downlink
Satellite turnaround
Format conversion (NTSC/PAL/SECAM)
Internet connectivity and transmission (64 Kbps to 155 Mbps)
Playback and record tapes
Fiber/Satellite hybrid transmissions
Fiber (including MPEG-2 compressed at selectable bandwidths) and Williams Communications' network connectivity
Local microwave and local loop connectivity
Colocation
Transponder - Our satellite transponder services can fulfill virtually any space segment needed via our in-house transponders and alliances with PanAmSat, Loral, SES Americom, New Skies and other select vendors. Our assets, resources and relationships enable us to offer customized solutions to fulfill occasional transmission needs, regardless of content, and to bundle transponder and teleport services with our fiber-optic network and advertising post-production services.

This isn't necessarily spook related, but I thought it was interesting that there were so many dishes, and dishes of every description. They were pointed in several directions. There was a large generator visible, obviously for backup power. There was also a white SUV parked inside the fence near the building. While this vehicle probably belonged to the propeller head on duty at the time, TR and I had a good laugh because similar SUVs are driven by the security guards at Area 51 in Nevada. HAHA! Finally, we noticed signs indicating that buried fiber optic cable was in the area. This makes sense, given the description of what this place purports to be.

I did NOT see any radomes such as these at Menwith Hill in England, the largest NSA intercept station in the world.

If anyone has any additional information re: NSA activities at the Perris, CA Williams/Vyvx facility, please let me know. I'd especially like to know why Williams Communications allowed the vyvx.com domain name registration to lapse, allowing it to be purchased by someone else??? Usually, domain names of companies that get bought out will be set up to forward visitors to the parent company's home page, or some other page on the parent company's domain. Could it be that Williams was that incompetent and just forgot?