The structure of the OH absorption feature in the sources W 44 and W 5
1 at 1665 and 1667 MHz was studied with a resolution of 2' x 110' x 5.
5 km g-1 using the RATAN-600 radio telescope. The effective area of th
e antenna is 1000 m2; the standard deviation on the recordings is 0.15
K in brightness temperature. Parameters of OH absorbing clouds were d
etermined, and these were compared with HI absorbing clouds.