Monthly Narrative Summary Report - May 1975

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-02820A001400080008-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 5, 1975
• Content Type: PERRPT

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN
Memorandum
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TO Director of Communications DATE:
05 JUN 19t
FROM . Chief, Communications Engineering
SUBJECT: Monthly Narrative Summary Report - May 1975
1. The CDS space renovation plans were completed
by the Architectural Design Staff and Headquarters
Engineering Branch and were released to prospective
bidders. Bids are expected to be received on 3 June,
and a contractor selected by 10 June. Meanwhile,
sample messages and dissemination profiles are being
prepared for use in system testing and debugging.
25X1A6a 2. The ARS-III equipment has been received at
NIM without damage. The installation is scheduled
to begin on 21 July pending the completion of the UCPS
installation. The proposal for the ARS-V will be sub-
25X1A5a1 mitted by on 3 June.
3. The AFT concept paper was distributed to
components of OC for their review. Comments received
are being incorporated into the AFT procurement speci-
fication presently being prepared for distribution to
prospective bidders by 1 July. As part of the study
of prospective AFT equipment,
25X1A5a1 will loan us their Optical Character Rea er
for evaluation during the period, 9 - 20 June. Further,
they agreed to work closely with us in TEMPEST-proofing
a pre-production model in August and then swapping that
unit with the procured production unit when it becomes
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4.
- Major efforts of this month
concentrate
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Acculoop modification which should improve the relia-
bility of these recorders. This was accomplished with'
25X1A6b a second trip to - All recorders are now in a
fully operational condition. A three-week training
course was conducted by Telcom for three GCS technicians.
5. SG-75 Low Level Modification - The
T&I facility has been assisting in developing the
modification procedures to convert the SG-75A to the
noise reduction B model. The Repair and Return Section
reported that the two Agency modified units modified
will not meet performance specifications. Using an
expanded tuning procedure, one modified SG-75A was
brought up to full specification. Further efforts are
25X1A required to resolve and establish a final tuning pro-
cedure for this conversion.
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7. The field survey to identify the costs and 25X1A6b
complicate ns associated with moving the - R-Site 25X1C
from the to the at
has been complete Preliminary indications
are that the move is feasible albeit expensive and time-
consuming. at were helpful 25X1A6a
and optimistic about the prospects of such a relocation
should it become necessary.
8. Funding has been provided for antenna improvements
T-Site. The progress on the 25X1A6a
seawall remains stifled and slow.
9. The base station power plant switch ear training 25X1A
exercise at has been completed. The iower
specialist returned to CONUS to participate in this
activity.
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25X1A 10. Subsequent to OD&E notifying OC that the launch
of was rescheduled for 4 June 1975, word was
received that a loose bolt was discovered on the launch
vehicle during final pre-launch checkout causing a further
10- to 15-day delay. Our GCS stations are all checked and 25X1A9a
ready for the launch when it occurs. Mr.
25X1A6b OC-E/SED Engineer, is at -with an representative 25X1A5a1
to complete work on their recorders.
11. The first six production SV-8 Secure Voice units
have been checked out by the Quality Assurance Branch/CED,
and the production of 50 additional units has been authorized.
Sufficient units for initial field deployment are scheduled
25X1A for July/August availability. The technical problems associ-
ated with the- Digital Paging Unit have been resolved.
The remaining vendor-supplied items are either on the shelf
or are in shipping channels. The SV-8 Operation & Service
Manual is being prepared by the Documents Section and will
be ready for deployment with the system.
12. Meetings were held on 13 and 21 May between COD
25X1A5a1 and _ representatives to determine the quantities of
RS-59 components required to make 50 issuable RS-59 systems
available over the period of the next three years. As the
month ended, $250,000 of FY-75 funds had been approved for
external procurement of this equipment.
13. The test report for the SX-6 spread spectrum
transceiver was received from DIVD indicating the unit's
signal was easily detected. Clear speech is present on
the harmonics and the spread spectrum coding scheme was
recovered, enabling real-time recovery of the clear text.
A memorandum concerning this report is in preparation.
14. Efforts have continued to have a pair of SV-4
t to Since the KY-28 is
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a cryptographic device, approval from OC-CS is required.
These SV-4's are needed to correct a problem in the RU-523
repeater.
15.
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ng the week of 30 May, to
shipment is scheduled for
e week of 1 June. These partial shipments consisted of
the oscilloscope with spectrum analyzer plug-in, the power
module with multimeter, counter and function generator
plug-ins, and the FM/AM signal generator. The power
supplies are expected to follow in two to four weeks. The
instruction manual for the system is well under way, a
rough draft being expected in two to four weeks. The
accessory kit should be ready for shipment soon. Project
initiations for in-house production of all test kits used
with the TE-40, with the exception of the RS-708 is under
preparation.
The Class C?evaluation of the - and the
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UHF receivers and transmitters (SV-8 modules) is
now 90% completed
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being returned to the ven or, failed in a +60?C environment
and did not return to o erating status when returned to
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room temperature. The transmitter is not meeting
specifications.
19. The Cesium Beam primary and Rubidium Vapor
secondary Standards were received, accepted and are being
clocked for accuracy by the Coast Guard to the National
Bureau of Standards.
20. The KOI-16 (KW-7 Card Reader) testing program
was completed this month. There were 1,413 units tested
with only 202 minor failures detected and corrected.
A test program was written and a fixture made in house for
use on the ATE (FIXIT), which made it possible to test the
KOI-16 in a fraction of the time compared to the conven-
tional method. When failures first surfaced, it required
two technicians 35 minutes to test a single unit. After
the FIXIT program was devised and used, a non-technical
employee could test a unit in five minutes. The time
saved for the entire program was approximately ten man-
months.
Partial shipments of the TE-40 test 25X1C
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21. Three urgent requirements for portable trans-
ceivers were processed this month. One requirement was
in support of the refugee program in the 25X1A6a
second was for the and the third 25X1A6a
was in support of President Ford's recent trip to Europe.
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Distribution:
Orig -
D/CO;
DD/CO; OC-EXA; OC-P&B; OC-IC (for Archives)
1 -
OC-0;
OC-O/D
1 -
OC-S;
OC-CS
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