THE RFT RADIO PLANT IN KOEPENICK

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2006
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• Publication Date: December 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGEIVYHCEWt ,FION REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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East Germany
The YET Radio Plant in Roepenick
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THIS DOCIil'ERT COHTAIN5 INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF TI1E 0111TED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IS. SECTIONS 755
AHD 734. OP THE B. S. CODE. AS AUTNDED. 1T5 TRANSWISSIOI! OR RHYEL?
ATION OP ITS C01TENT9 TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PRONIEITYD BT LAZE, THE REPRODUCTION OS THIS FORM IS PROHIOITED.
DATE DISTR. 1952
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
At a meetirvry_ of the Gperations Section of the E ,
1-k-T Radio Plant in Koenenick 25X1
and 71.00 OG 2 .15? ; ets,
as a ,Ile 1952 status of develop!nent and production and also fiv' 3etS each
of the OG 2-1/r-2,, J5 l-1/52, OG 2-7/52 and OG 2-3/52 equipment o h?j acre
series (I`yull.serien) were to be delivered to the U?S.S.I;.. by 30 SA.:),eriber 1952,. (L
is e most serious difficulty in the production of this equipment
was the s .crta,Te of condensers mode by fhi u_a?_r~
stabilizers in 1952.
2 . the ? easurin ; Instruments Section (TELT) the m
ant i- Kc ' g h ) , Iia+ L
e
sc o
,ra)hs roduced at the plant.
ee&.~o ald a conference to discuss the development r+:-` the eeeIIo._ 25X1
:raph and the SAG Kabel program. At this conference it was suc:.,-*ested tl~iat the
ache sorrn.:er the echo ;raph be developed separately. Thp_SAG Kebe_'_ pro _
eluded the sari al~s o iIl r, am irr?:
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3.. The electro--acoustical laboratory prepared a prelirninaxY descriptwon of hez, echo,
~:raph, ir.dicatitir that the echo graph was fitted with three dif'fer?a E , indicators
for depths to 11200 meters and that ical
been solved, probl?mn had. not yetthe chemical F:omposi.tion of
the varnish usea on ooscillators produced by t 'w Atlas firm in r.xn of 'ort to
find 'a varnish suitable for the nickel sheet packets (Nickelblech .n.:kete) of the
oscillators and submitted a report
varnish. formula. f't~~;:? a s~ailax?
contacted tie `-?UFO l.cid&
STATE
ARMY
NAVY
AIR
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leyden firm in Dresden for a marine silicor.. varni. Y -nc- learned that
this firm could, after a few experiments, supply a .111-5-table varnish.
that a perlon ribbon made by the Qebrueder Koeter firm
at 6-8 `ngerstrasse, Leipzig W 33, be used for the recording devices
(t'unkenochre iber). kre.ru a:.so used %fl echo 25X1
sounders of the Scientific-Technical bureau of the ? 1P. atowelon The
ribbons used for this purpose had to be suitable for the tropics.
In early February 1952, the Ministry gave the plant a translation of a
1 ussian report concerning; general specification for ship-radio trans-
mitters, operational navigational receivers,, emer{ e .cy,' transmitters and
radio direction finders, and on technical. require:-eei:; -, for naviitational
echo sounders., this report r 3 i sv ? aided to the
e:a.surbig Instruments section and the Shia Equiprmirt ;.:action to assist
them in the development and production of such equto :entn
During the period from to 7 -January 192,
,
in,trOled the laboratory oot a1 of the echo
e drifter ROS '130 in l'ostock ariene)-:e 5510 6i).
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the echo sound:hr during a cruise to the Lofoten Islands
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which Lasted from i January to 6 :February 1952. 2' rep art on these tests
dated 16 February indicated tha? , at the maxirlura depth measured, which
was l,O!;O meters., the amplifier had to be opened anti: shor b ore the
hEo-;inning of oscillation. 25X1
oscillators were expected to y e- Letter results than the oscillators
made by the Tl-F-T Radio plant in soelleda, ?hdhich were used during this 25X1
experiments and which demonstrate,] poor radiating-: gua=.i ties?
which inspected by
sc ues,, one I or ep s to 100 meter: and the other for ciwpths to 500 meters.
The instructions for use and tl- de;:cr:,iption of the set reams. "Opizanye i
In.struktsiya po 0bsluzhivaniyu Ekholotanel-:3 17o Z 3J-i07.0-01 - TO Zavod ESP
195 ......." sixteen of tr.Qse echo sunders had been sold to the Stralsund.
Thipyard at 10,000 eastrmarkcs each, avi two of them ,-rS:rr to be ir. tailed
on each trawler. They were carefully constructed. `T).c oscillators were
somewhat smaller than those produced Iy the tlas f irri-.
r 18 ard 20 Januarys requested information
.orcern i.nrr the state o
I'd
ev o . ent of tP:= vibrograull Y +, the olectro-
icous t,ica laboratory. fora per 25X1
f twenty days and could be .rceac .e at t ho office 25X1
the DeireloTxnent ; cti on at the Fik Plant in 3erl ~, ~- erg c oenuvre ua,
On to January,, 0 asked whsther operating di.ffi-
~sz.~ 1os wrou arise if 10 meters of the lC -meter . cnrr - it 25X1
$=-rr?e ::aid under seater, On 22 Januarys 25X1
a=:touid work relit-b1y at a. depth of 5 metes s and that the s;onnecti.on cable be
-a' Ui:i hed to the transmitter. The order ftr the devel.cpmerat of the vibro-
: aph eras canceled on 20 2arch. A total rtf 70,000 e -stmarks had been spen
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I I a member of the Chinese Commercial Delegation inspected
he plant in November 1951. On 19 November the Chinere delegates
requested a cost estimate for two sound-measures; unite to be delivered
by the ? ssphysik (;.leasurin ; Physics plant) in Zernsdca f (N 13/V 02).
'rrhese units were to consist of a 7-string oscillograph.. with power supply
nd microphones connected by long; cables. The order was placed and
delivery was to be effected in July.
a second conference was held at Vie R-F -T radio plant 25X1
in oepenick to discuss the development and prodluct jon. of radar equip-
ment. This conference alle-edl- fcllowed
'geld in late '!arch 19528
of the R-F
and an un- 25X1
M 3.n in iv;A uaip attended this conference. The construction of
ada.r equipment fitted with magnetron trans:hitters for the centimeter
Pange was discussed This -work was to 'ter done by the Ship
!radio ,Section, the existin, cd.friculties,
especially the s for a ?e of the necessary materials are. + ,he lack of
ritagnetron tubes. although magnetron tubes were produced 25X1
by the HF Plant in erscr oeneweide, the quantity a rai,l.abie was in-
sufficient. In spite of these objections., the C sip ;es to about
35 reg;acrrcles, for the Deutuches pmt fuer lass ui:d Ge ich J (D urv)
(German Cffice for I,leaures and :.`eights) with a !performance of about
800 w fitted with an P'S--384 final tube,, The Vr!&v muter was being
manufactured at the R-IF_T plant in Erfurt,
a9 The SL 1 pro?;r n for the conversion of the old i{nc ni gowusierhausen
long-wave super transmitter station to ri dium was a-e onerati on-
The SL 3 progr'an, duplicating the SL 1 program
The U 3 pros--am for V1 1V
1. ks , 3 IM and 10 ken,
capacities of 250 w,
LAM, u 7..o:a o is e'ya-sj -gal Lransmitters and
-eceivers had been canceled, because the equipment sv~re said to have
failed to meet the requirerent; unihen tested aboard ar- :~ oI vessels.
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?n eleven van-like motor vehicle;, painted Green and
with 'ie VVIJ m k on their radiators, arrived at the plant. After
'being equipped with a 1`ichael-t vpe dewimete>r .3e t, {1: r' were delivered
to the VP in mid--..,pr .l 1952. About 1hO0 complete '": _c!iael-type sets in
new condition had boon obtained from old stocks;,
A total of 330 all-Wave receivers were being r-aanuractarcd at the plant
in 17ovember 1.951. heir had been ordered try tfhi aa, :-orfle receivers had
already been delivered in early October., They sol? or .3.9 (Y) eastrnarks
orlch, a.th oug', he production cost was abm.it >,OOO eeastrtarks each.
he '.Ie:=s 'z;;rsik plant in %arnsdorf 25X1
had been assigned to the i -r.-`f pl an in Pofepenicic . ti t A plant
circular, dated 2; January, announc+ea tiz at, d i n the first
three months of 19152 the E. 'W Dabendorf plant, the : i ttau-0l.bfer9c orf Radio
Ls-
ip Lfr '4 ere to boc a bran-
plant a n d t h e 0.Lorenz A..G,,
ches of the hoopenick radio plant, as su ;gcstsd by the ?:. ;in?iering
3ollective of the inistry f'r+r Iachine Con:,tructiors~ i a: ctian a was
ordered by :iinister Zillere The Kocpenick rad.e plan; war:. scheduled
to take over control of the production planning arc; -investments of all
these plants, retroactive to 1 January l95G ~ : o:wa'er;s hie order ;had not
yet boen put into effect.
1(6_ in laebraary, the radio plant obtained the premises at 87 t'silhelminenhof
Arasse and 67 Edison Str ssse, which were used by tie Lerliner
Tetal v arenfabrik (BL U) (Berlin Metal works.). The "aru `acturin% Section
.nd the 'Testing Dept. of tae Production Section were scheduled to be trans-
'erred there,
XrA the e~gu.yiypkel~.1i]n~ impulttobedeliwred to the U.S.S.Ito are cilographs (OG)
i d an spe generator (Is
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A sample of the cables in the Russian oscillators and a sample of
the cable produced b the IKA cable plant in Vacha, used by the VVB RFT
for the product3-on of oscillators.
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