MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ON VEB FUNKWERK KOEPENICK
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Information on VEB Funkwerk
Roepenick
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIB DOCUY[NI CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18. SECTIONS 798
AND IRS. OF THE U. S. COOS. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UHAUTHORIIED PERSON
Ib IRO MI BIT[0 ET LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR. 29 September 1954
NO. OF PAGES 4 25X1
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
1. In late 1953, the quota of reparation deliveries of signal equipment for
ships and ne yet filled by Plant No 2 of the Koepenick
radio rengines chidlowski, the manager of Plant No D been
removed from undetermined reasons. In order to acLIerate
eliverigqss``&ngineers from Plant No 1 were
Plant No`2after January 1954. Delivery
t Plant No 1 because of delays in the
STATE
ARMY
tubes of type 526 for the television transmitter arrived at Plant No 2
through undetermined channels.
r>val of c men ports. This appli94i or instan etc
television transmitter. In late January X954, two or inal 25X1
2. In January 1954, work on the development of a 10 kW ultra-short wave
transmitter was discontinued by order of RV R F T, allegedly because of
a shortage of f The transmitter was to be equipped with type SRS-402
tubes, co type RS 784 tubes produced at the Erfurt radio
engineers he engineering side of the transmitter was 80 percent
completed. lack of money, the model SL-1 long-wave transmitter
was not to given the planned output of 1,000 kW; moreover, it was to
have only one of the four final stages originally planned. The antenna
output of the transmitter was, therefore, to be only 250 W. In February
1954, the transmitter was erected in the test field. It was not erecte41 s
originally planneat Boenigswusterhausen.
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charged with development missions were suffering from a 1
while the production department had enough work on hand.
In April 1954, work on the development of a long-distance-station receiver
designed for diversity transoceanic reception of middle and short waves
was continued. The receiver was to be coupled with a multiple unit steering
antenna. A total of ten such receivers were scheduled to be delivered to
the VEB RF T Funkanlagenbau (construction of radio installations) by late
1954. A model SO transmitter was being built for Czechoslovakia.
5. The Gril television and ultra-short wave programs were discussed at a
conference held on 27 May 1953. At this conference, Funkwerk Koepenick
was represented among others by director Boer, Dr. Vinaelberg, and
engineer Heine. The result of the conference was communicated in a
confidential circular issued by the development department of the
enterprise. In this circular it was stated that the execution of the
television and ultra-short wave programs had been given priority by
the Gilt Government and that this program ranged in importance immediately
after reparation deliveries. Television transmitters and their sound
transmitters and control equipment were to be given reference No 20/0051/II;
ultra-short wave sound transmitters, their antennas, and auxiliary
equipment reference No 20/0052/11.
6. It was planned to construct four 10 kW ultra-short wave transmitters
for Poland in 1953 and six other transmitters, also for Poland, by mid-
l954. During the first quarter of 1954, a television transmitter with
an output of 10 kW was to be built for the German Postal Administration.
7. In October 1953, Funkwerk nick received an order to build a type
F-4 television trap h an output of 10 kW for operations in the
third wave band at nkwerk Koepenick and Weak HF were making
efforts to secure th the delivery of a 3-kW sound transmitter
which was required for the type F-4 television transmitter. An order for
a F-5 type television transmitter with an output of 10 kW, and a 3-kW
8. In October 1953, a 3-kW ultra-short wave transmitter was accepted
German Postal Administration. The transmitter was scheduled to be
installed still in the fall of 1953 on the Inselberg Mountain in the
Thueringer Wald mountain range. In late October 1953, 10 ultra-short
wave transmitters with an output of 1 kW each were accepted by the German
Postal Administration and taken to a storage depot at Koenigswusterhausen.
After mid-December 1953, they were picked up and shipped to undetermined
consignees. The equipment was probably exported.
9. On 15 March 1954, the four ultra-short wave transmitters which had an
output of 3 kW and were completed at the plant in 1953 were delivered
to the VEB Funkanla enbau Two of the transmitters were consigned to the
German Po ration, the remaining two to Penland. They operated
at about was planned to erect one of the ultra-short wave
ream, the transmitter scheduled to be erd at Mahlow was to be
installed, for the time being, at the East Berlin "Stadthaus" and the
transmitter previously installed there was to move to the Mueggelberg
area.
10. On 4 March 1954, a four-man delegation of the Polish Ministry of Postal
Affairs from Warsaw inspected Funkwerk Koepenick. The commission was
informed about the two 3-kW ultra-short wave transmitters. The order
for these two transmitters and 10 additional 10 kW transmitters had been
placed by the Poles in August 19 2. The Poles stated that a 10-kW ultra-
short wave transmitter delivered in
operation in Warsaw. However, the powe transmitter could not
be fully utilized. A tube testing set for tubes similar to
the RS-722 tube (Project P-3), and for gland. imilar to type RS-566
tubes (project P-4) was also developed The equipment
by them. The Poles were also greatly Led in the 800 W ship radio
transmitter to be used on drifters. he were interested in the
projected television transmitter and h-power long-distance
medium-wave and short-wave transmttto they also inspected the
test field for these transmitters. Wh Polish delegation, during
their visit, pressed for the accelera ivory of the 10-kW transmitter
ordered by them, the purpose of the the Czechs could not be
determined. It was particularly noted he Czechs were shown all
installations of Funkwerk Koepenick i the laboratory, while the
Poles were only taken to the confer where they were shown the
designs of the transmitters ordered . On 3 December 1953, a Czech
delegation visited Funkwerk Koepenick. The delegation had discussions
with members of the plant management and inspected some of the departments
of the enterprise including the test field and the transmitter department.
12. In late March 1953, a conference was held at the Soviet Control Commission
at Karlshorst. The conference was attended by a Rumanian delegation and
representatives of Funkwerk Koepenick and Hv Funk. At this conference,
Funkwerk Koepenick was ordered to construct a 500 kW middle-wave transmitter
designed for operations from 100 to 500 k.c.s. for Rumania. The preliminary
stages for such a transmitter were already being developed at the Brueskep
Rein Department of Funkwerk Koepenick. It was announced that these
preliminary stages were to be used for the Rumanian middle-wave transmitter
and were to be completed within three months. The final stage of the
transmitter was to be ready for acceptance by late August 1953. The Rumanian
order was given first priority. In July 1953, a 10 kW short wave transmitter
was under construction for Rumania.
13. The Abteilung fuer Sonderaufgaben (Department for Special Missions), headed
by Norra (fnu), received an order for the delivery of 300 type Michael
sets in January 1954. Fifty of these sets were to be delivered by August
1954. In 1952 and 1953, type Michael sets were often installed in VP radio
trucks at Funkwerk Koepenick.
installed broke down and the rho .ruck returned to the plant. Since the
two type ED 111 output tubes fitted could 25X1
not be procured in Eastern Bloc countries, the Abteilung fuer Sonderaufgaben
of Funkwerk Koepenick was ordered to equip the radio telephony sets with
other tubepieuch as type P-50 tubes.
15. On 10 August 1953, 21-3 use
delivered for ins ansmitter
had an output of 5 a type
RS-782 tube. Sine o the transmitter were too large,
it had to be modified at the plant and thus could not be installed in
the steamer before January 1954. Of four other transmitters under construction
at Funkwerk Koepenick, one was being tested at the test field in April 1954.
16. In October 1953, the technical manager of the Tube Plant in Erfurt, Herr
Baer, and a representative of the SCC visited Funkwerk Koepenick. They
discussed the manufacture of type SRS-401 tubes, which are similar to
the Telefunken type 681 tube and have an output of 1 kW, and of type
SRS-402 tubes, which are similar to the Telefunken type 782 tube and have
an output of 3 W. These two types of tubes are used both for the
television transmitter and the type KN-,
the latter transmitter was to be fitted
e conference, Baer
acher-molybdenum glass
required, inferior substitute mater'el which would not antes airtightness
and temperature resistance when sealed with copper so mentioned
that he hoped he could manufacture the tubes withou the other
engineers present thought that this was unfeasible. ototype
tubes had been manufactured because of the difficulties e s in the