MONTHLY NARRATIVE SUMMARY REPORT - MAY 1976

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• Publication Date: September 3, 1999
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Chief, Communications Engineering
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DATE : 4 June 19 7 6
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1. The (contractor continued to indicate
that he was experiencing difficulties in completing his
equipment set-up for the Tandem Switch tests. A contractual
amendment has been forwarded to the contractor establishing
7 June as the date to restart testing.
2. Funds in the amount of $460K were provided for HATS
on 14 May. Finishing touches were applied to the specifica-
tions which were subsequently forwarded to OL/PD on 18 May.
The RFP was in the hands of the four prospective bidders by
21 May. Apre-bidders' conference is to be held on 3 June,
and final responses are due on 11 June.
3. Frequency and telephone number assignments for two
attache case mobile radio telephonesintended for the D/CO
were received from CAP Telephone Company via IRAC. The sets
were programmed for the assigned telephone numbers, demonstrated,
and issued to the D/C0.
firmed up considerably during this period, and many long-lead
time equipments were placed under procurement action. Final
completion of the system is projected for October.
4. Planning for secure voice and data for
5. A contract for $261,283 was awarded to
breadboard and engineering prototype TTS-W terminals. Option B
included in Phase II-A will provide for a digital Laserfax
Model 600 modified for use with a KG-34 operating at 1.544 Mbps.
This system will be installed as an operational test bed in the
Washington, D. C., Area, five months ARO.
6. The CDS preacceptance test plan was approved. Action
was taken to purchase, subject to acceptance, some of the system
hardware under the lease/purchase option of the contract. CDS
operator and analyst training requirements were reviewed and
plans were made to provide the necessary training courses.
ITS-W system. T is contract will result in the fabrication of
on 20 May for Phase IT-A of the
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7. The technical evaluation of the AFT proposals were
completed on 10 May. Clarification questions were submitted
to the remaining four bidders allowing a response date of
1 June. A Compuscan OCR and M-40 Teletype, AFT components,
were interfaced and are being used to program the OCR.
8. Error-control and modulation tests, begun in April,
were continued on the HF path. The data
acquired from these tests are being reduced for detailed
analysis; however, the initial results of time-diversity
modem operation shows a significant improvement in Character
Error Rate (CER) over conventional FSK operation.
9. With the successful com etion of the six-month
training course, Messrs.
accepte
an trans erred to the AutoSpec career panel.
10. The (satellite performed poorly
during the month. Several spin-ups and long periods of
large gain variations were noted. The satellite
continued to operate without failure and base stations
remained with that space
segment for the entire month. Testin of the
satellite continues; cutover for the ~ should occur in
mid-June.
11. The 0 SC-lA installation was completed during
the month. However, activation has been delayed until the
antenna shed is redesi ned to reduce excessive attenuation.
A site survey at was also completed.
12. SC-lA terminals 0042 and 0043 were successfully
tested and acce ted for delivery at the manufacturer's
plant The tests demonstrated the
highest values of G T ever achieved with the SC-lA, due to
the new LNR paramp. Acceptance tests were also successfully
completed on the PSK Demod Automatic Reacquisition Kit.
13. The SKYMUX program is progressing satisfactorily.
Testing of the first article MX-113 multiplexer in all SKYMUX
configurations is complete; additional testing is being
conducted to verify proper operation with various mixes of
KW-7's and KW-26's over both local and HF tail-end circuits.
A rough draft of the production Acceptance Test Procedure has
been received, and delivery of the first six production units
is scheduled for 6 June. An additional 40 units have been
ordered to satisfy the requirement for n SKYMUX installations.
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14. The new CU-113 crypto control unit has been success-
fully tested on a 75-baud HF circuit at 0 The test
was run to determine the feasibility of using the KG-13 as a
backup crypto device for RTTY circuits.
15. The 0 shielded enclosure door roblem at
which was caused by has been resolved
by a Ray Proof expert.
16. Local and overseas distribution of the 0 Manual
was completed during the month.
16. A revised proposal from was received for
the production of 125 CK-42's. A management plan was developed,
approved, and implemented. The first two milestones have been
completed as scheduled with a contract award scheduled for
3 June 1976 when the Contracting Officer and the COTR will
17. COD advised CED on 26 May to proceed with refurbishing
the - equipment. Action was taken immediately
18. Delivery and acceptance of 150 BS-59C units from
was completed in Ma Also delivered and accepted
were 100 BC-59B units fr and 75 RP-59A
units from o w is our were rejected.
19. Bid specifications for the SV-8 UHF transmitter and
receiver were assembled and sent to prospective contractors.
A prebid conference is scheduled for 1 June with the bid
conference on 14 June. This will allow bid awards later in
the month.
20. We were advised b OTS during the month that they
are not recommending the ~ RS-711 signaling system for
roduction. Their recommen anon is for production of the
system.
21. Procurement action was initiated for an Automatic
Test Equipment ATE which will be installed at the Technical
Support Branch, The system selected after several
years of market research is the General Radio Model 1792-D.
This system is computer controlled and is designed to test
analog, digital, and hybrid printed circuit .boards. The
GR-1792-D can also be programmed to perform other testing
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procedures. A smaller companion ATE will also be procured
for installation at the vault, where it will be
used to test crypto boards. The new Automatic Test Equip-
ment will eventually absorb the workload now being performed
by FIXIT, plus other functions. FIXTT has been in use far
a number of years and has done a fine job but is now becoming
very difficult to support due to bankruptcy and contract
termination of its manufacturer, Systomation, Inc.
22. The first shipment of SG-75A exciters was receive
from the field for the white noise modification to a Model
"B." All printed circuit boards were tested by FIXIT and
marginal components were replaced. These units were modified,
aligned, and inspected for specifications. All units modified
to date have met or exceeded original manufacturer's ?'specs."
A schedule is now being prepared for field exchange.
Distribution:
Origins - D/C0; DD/C0; OC-EXA; OC-PCB; OC-TC (Archives)
1 - OC-0; OC-0/D
1 - OC- S; OC- CS
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