Burum ( West Frisian language : Boerum ) is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality, Friesland in the Netherlands .
5-568: It is the site of a ground station of the Dutch Nationale SIGINT Organisatie (national signals intelligence service), which intercepts satellite communications. Burum also provides reference signals for Enhanced Automatic Frequency Correction, which help calibrates satellite communications. It had a population of 606 in January 2017. The village was first mentioned in 1408 as Burum, and means neighbourhood. Burum
10-411: Is a terp (artificial living mound) village. An output of the monastery of Gerkesklooster was established near the village. During the 13th or 14th century the area around Burum was poldered . The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1784 as a replacement of a medieval church. The grist mill Windlust was built in 1787 near Burum. In 2012, it burnt down and in 2014, a near identical new wind mill
15-848: The NSO were a high frequency radio interception station in Eibergen in the Berkelland municipality, and a satellite ground station in Burum in the Kollumerland c.a. municipality. There are also some mobile SIGINT units which can be deployed at military operations abroad. The operation of both listening stations and the mobile units has been taken over by the JSCU. 53°17′0″N 6°12′50″E / 53.28333°N 6.21389°E / 53.28333; 6.21389 This Netherlands -related article
20-452: Was built. The windmill is operation, but only on a voluntary basis. In 1840, Burum was home to 1,121 people. In 1973, the satellite communication centre It Grutte Ear [ nl ] opened near Burum. In 2014, the ground station of the Dutch national signals intelligence service was added to the site. Nationale SIGINT Organisatie The Nationale SIGINT Organisatie ( NSO )
25-559: Was the Dutch signals intelligence (SIGINT) organisation, which was part of the Ministry of Defence , but worked for both the military intelligence and security agency MIVD as for its civilian counterpart AIVD . The NSO was established in 2003, in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks and became fully operational in 2007. Early 2014, the NSO merged into the newly created Joint Sigint Cyber Unit (JSCU). The facilities of
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