CONTRACT (Sanitized)SECOND PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL REPORT ON ITEM 2. SIGNAL STRENGTH OF BROADCAST RADIATION OF CLOSED-CIR

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• Publication Date: January 28, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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Declass Review by NGA.
January 28, 1965
Second Preliminary Technical Report
on
Item 2. Signal Strength of Broadcast Radiation
of Closed-Circuit TV.
Item 2 Work. Statement: Determine test facilities needed
and rental cost and closed-circuit TV equipment needed
and rental cost (if any) on loan arrangements. Determine
what applicable data are available from manufacturers.
Contents
1. Summary
2. Preparation of a Pilot Test Program
3. Conducting the Pilot Test
4. Recommendations
Submitted by:
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recommended that a time-and-material contract be placed with
1. Summary
? The first Preliminary Technical Report, dated November 30,
1964, presented information on radio frequency noise tests
conducted by manufacturers on their closed-circuit TV (CCTV)
equipment. No tests had been conducted per Fed Std No. 222.
Also presented was information on the availability and cost
of test lab time and CCTV equipment for testing. Since
available test data was meager, it was concluded in the
report that a pilot test program would be needed to determine
whether or not representative CCTV equipment conforms to
the intent of Fed Std 222.
. Accordingly, further information was obtained and is
reported herein regarding preparation of a control and test
plan for a Pilot Test and for conducting the test. It is
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Second Preliminary Technical Report
duction st. I estimate the not-to-exceed price
would be
I strongly recommend urgent action on the proposed-
exploratory step. Factual data is lacking on the nature and
magnitude of the problem and of course factual data is
indispensable to wise decision making on future equipment.
2. Preparation of a Pilot Test Program
One of the commercial test labs in the area was selected
for further discussion. I lappeared
to be most knowledgeable concernin es ing to e Std No.
222, Lou S re4erred me to
I I who has security c earance.
Itias secure labs for testing classified equipment.
I and I confined our discussion to the unclassified
u jec or the testing of CCTV equipment.
has in the past conducted tests on CCTV
equipment to de various military radio frequency inter-
ference specifications. indicated it would be
fruitless to review that test data in an attempt to determine
whether the equipment conformed to Fed Std No. 222. The
sensitivity of the tests was an order of magnitude grosser
than is required for Fed Std No. 222.
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As the discussion progressed it became evident that
preparation of a Pilot Test Program would require
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Pilot Test Program is called a Control and Test Plan. Mr.
days to prepare a Control and Test+Plan. Inaddition to
Test Lab participation it would be necessary to obtain
information from the equipment manufacturer.
There are two approaches. One is to obtain the
schematics and specifications of the CCTV equipment from the
manufacturer and have the test lab people dig out the in-
formation as required during preparation of the test plan.
For a pathfinding.pilot test, however, I believe it would
be wiser to have an engineer from the CCTV equipment manu-
facturer participate in preparation of the Control and Test
Plan. was contacted,
and they indicated zat engineer's time would cost $100
per day, plus $15 per diem per day, plus transportation cost
from San Diego.
I propose that the Control and Test Plan have a
generalized format applicable to a wide range of CCTV equip-
ment and that the specific equipment to be used in the pilot
test be included throughout as a specific example. In
this way, the Control and Test Plan can be used to obtain
bids and procure testing of other CCTV equipment in the
future.
3.
Conducting the Pilot Test
is capable of conducting the test. They have
an extensive complement of monitoring and recording equip-
ment and screen rooms. They specialize .gin electrical inter
ference testing and filter design and manufacture. Mr.
Istated that testing to Fed Std No. 222 required two
complete sets of equipment and two test lab engineers.
The two men must continuously cross check and balance
their operation so it is-slow going. He indicated the test
would require five days test time. (For comparison, a
similar test to a military radio noise specification would
require only one or two days.), In addition, I recommend
that two days of test engineer time and one day of equipment
engineer time be allotted for preparation of the test
report and revision of the Test and Control Plan to conform
to actual test experience..
Since this will be a pilot test to determine whether
or not a problem exists, no corrective action or design change
will be undertaken or recommended. For this reason parti-
cipation by the equipment manufacturer?s engineer assumes
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added importance. He will be able to indicate whether a
specific non-conformance to Fed Std No. 222 is of major or
minor consideration in relation to the equipment design.
4. Recommendations
I recommend you place a time-and-material contract with
a not-to-exceed price with:
(a) Preparation of a Control and Test Plan.
(b) Conducting required tests.
(c) Preparation of Test Report and revision of
Control and Test Plan as necessary.
The plan and the tests are to be-for the purpose of deter-
mining whether the following equipment conforms to Fed Std
No. 222:.
One 0 945 line High Resolution Closed-Circuit
TV Camera Model 3004-011 with Type 8507 vidicon,
or equal.
One 0 High Resolution Camera Control Unit
Model 3912-441 with 945 line sync, or equal.
One E:~ 7" High Resolution Monitor, cabinet
mounte odel HRN 17, or equal.
Interconnecting cables, 20 ft long, as required.
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