MONTHLY REPORT -- KEY WEST BUREAU -- JANUARY 1985

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: February 8, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
KEY WEST BUREAU
MAIN P.O. BOX 1056
KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33040
8 February 1985
MEMORANDUM TO: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report -- Key West Bureau -- January 1985
"Progress" on the base housing project moves ahead, albeit
at a snail's pace. The Miami architect has advised that the
design stage is complete and that the 100% submittal was
forwarded to NAVFAC/Charleston on/about 2 February. Next phase is
a 21-day period for final review/comments prior to drafting
formal bid proposal. The local base commander dropped by to
further assure us that the sewer-connection moratorium is
definitely no longer a problem. This was also confirmed by
local press reports that new hookups to the city system are
again being allowed on assurances the city is moving ahead
with plans to improve facilities. Although not yet definite,
the prime site for the new treatment plant is located on a
section of Truman Annex turned over to the city by the Navy
which is not far from our projected housing area.
The initial phase of KWB modernization began with the long-
awaited arrival of two IBM PC systems. Bureau staffers are
becoming acquainted with the "basics" of the system on a
time-available basis. More intensive training will begin when
the CRW team arrives in March.
One of the "bennies" of living in "Land's End, USA" is
watching the evening news video reports of snowstorms in the
northeast while Key West basks in temperatures reaching the
mid-80's!
A. Monitorial/Editorial
Coverage highlights of the month included satellite TV
feeds over Havana television of Nicaraguan President Daniel
Ortega's inauguration on 10 January, attended by Fidel Castro.
Castro's speech at the inauguration of a sugar mill built with
Cuban assistance was also relayed live by satellite the following
day.
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The Cuban economic austerity program continues to be a focus
of attention by Havana media.
Elsewhere, serious civil unrest erupted in both Jamaica
and the Dominican Republic precipitated by the adoption of
economic austerity measures mandated by the IMF. Jamaica
blames U.S. media reporting on the rioting for a serious drop
in tourism-related revnues.
A recent report from the NASKW Communications Unit
reveals that FBIS traffic accounts for nearly one-third of all
outgoing messages and is its largest single subscriber. The
unit hopes to have its often-troubled and obsolete Mode I unit
replaced by an OCR within the next 2 months, which hopefully
will reduce downtime on our primary circuits.
The Caribbean News Agency (CANA) landline dedicated
circuit continues to experience frequent outages. No single
trouble spot can be pinpointed. Southern Bell usually cites
equipment failure at relay points outside its control. CANA
itself has been helpful by providing reruns of missing items
when the outage has not been off too long a duration.
C. Lateral Services
STAT
D. Technical
At the end of the month the bureau erected an
experimental 740-ft single wire Beverage antenna with a
boresight bearing of 97? . Initial evaluations by
bureau cruising monitor show much-improved
reception of targets in Dominican Republic, Haiti, eastern Cuba
and some of the Caribbean mi:mistates. Bearing, although far
from ideal, is dictated by terrain available in bureau vicinity.
After full evaluation, the next phase in local antenna
experimentation will be to erect a full-length Beverage out at
Boca Chica near the NAVCOMMUNIT for testing and to tap into
their Hermes Loop antenna for comparison evaluations.
The bureau's Delta RAS-10 fanned dipole antenna was
replaced due to heavy corrosion and broken wires. Bureau's
antenna/grounds maintenance contractor continued work on
replacing guy wires on towers.
The cruising room configuration was expanded with
installation of a RTTY position incorporating two receivers,
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a display unit, two FSK demodulators, two printers and an antenna
selection panel. A Yamaha T-700 AM/FM tuner with accessories
was installed to facilitate FM cruising effort. This unit,
with digital frequency readout, was selected after comparative
testing with other locally available units.
The TV monitoring room console panel was reconfigured to
accommodate a second Sony Betamax VCR with Autostacker supplied
by Radio Marti for recording Havana television.
Southern Bell, which is upgrading its Key West distribution
system, installed a Dataphone-200 modem on the CANA dedicated
circuit. In practical terms this means bureau is now receiving
a low-level tone signal instead of keyed DC with open-line
voltage of 276V. Similar changes for the NOTIMEX circuit are
expected in the near future.
The following nonexpendable property was received during
the month: Two (2) IBM PC System units, including dual 360K
drives and keyboards (SN: 12944285150 and 131376455150), plus
two (2) monochrome display monitors (SN: 1231985 and 1231995).
Options include built-in 64K Memory Modules (3 per PC),
printer adaptor boards, and two AST Sixpakplus 64K boards.
Two (2) Epson printers, model FX-100 (SN: 546630 and 546631),
were also received. Property disposed during the month consists
of one (1) Sony TV receiver/monitor model CVM-1330U (SN: 21276).
Unit is unserviceable and cannot be repaired economically.
Two more local monitor candidates were interviewed and
tested during the month, one with promisin rA~i+ who was asked
to fill out a PHS. Final EOD_clearance for monitor candidate
from Jacksonville Florida. is expected on/
about March. She and her husband visited Key West--
20-25 January to tour bureau investigate housing situation and
job opportunities the San Juan
monitor candidate who received EOD clearance in July of last
year, was contacted and confirms his current self-employment
prospects are working out well and doubts he will accept position
here, but would like-to keep clearance valid for the maximum 1-
year period. Paperwork for medical clearance for two part-time JP
teletypist candidates was forwarded to head
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Ron cle is expected in near future. Bureau monitor
as on TDY to headquarters 28 January-8 February
for FBIS and Agency orientation.
B. Building $ Grounds
NASA, a local alarm service company, upgraded bureau's
fire detection and security alarm systems. Work included
replacing heat detectors with ionization-type smoke detectors, as
requested by NAS fire inspector, and replacement of antique key-
activated intrusion alarm box with a remote digital keypad on
wall inside main entrance. Bureau personnel no longer have to
use outside phone box to inform NAS Security Office upon opening
and closing bureau. Side benefit of maintenance contract on
equipment is separate NASA monitoring of both alarm systems.
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Three bids were received on replacing badly corroded
fencing around bureau compound and antenna field, with low
bid of $16,413.80. Contract will be signed once contracting
authority is received from headquarters.
1.I Ichief E$PS, visited bureau on 21 January
while on orientation visit to posts in Latin America and
Swaziland.
2. U.S. Navy Captain Edward Sheafer, with OPNAV office in
Washington D.C. handling Agency liaison matters including our
housing project, visited bureau briefly on 23 January while in
Key West for another Navy conference.
3. Monitor candidate and husband
visited bureau 23 January tor detailed orientation on bureau
operations.
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anuary USN Rear Adm. Ralph Hedges, commander U.S.
bbean, hosted the first annual U.S. Forces Open Golf
at the Key West Resort course. A very good time was
including yours truly who won a trophy and box of
inning closest to the pin award on one of the par
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Bureau production report for January 1985
cc: Chief, Panama Bureau
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KEY WEST BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR JANUARY 1985
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 140,780
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 27,740
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 568
BROADCASTS PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 2,575 14,700 21
(MINUTES OR ISSUES PER WEEK) MIN MIN ISSUES
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
BAHAMAS
Nassau Domestic Sservice in English ----
Nassau THE TRIBUNE in ENGLISH
BARBADOS
Bridgetown CANA in English
Bridgetown ADVOCATE in English
Briagetown SUNDAY ADVOCATE in English
BELIZE
Belize City Domestic Service in English 2,540
CUBA
Havana Domestic Service in Spanish 21,800
Havana Domestic Television Service in Spanish 25,850
48,490
1,090
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Santo Domingo Radio Mil in Spanish
Santo Domingo Radio Comercial in Spanish
Santo Domingo Radio Popular in Spanish
Santo Domingo LISTIN DIARIO in Spanish
BROADCASTS PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
170
l 610
GUYANA
Georgetown Guyana Domestic Service in English -
JAMAICA
Kingston Domestic Service in English
Kingston DAILY GLEANER in English
Kingston SUNDAY GLEANER in English
1,700
MEXICO
Mexico City NOTIMEX in Spanish 26,380
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Bonaire Trans World Radio in English
THE NETHERLANDS
Hilversum International in English
6.31
0
Belize SUNDAY TIMES in English
2,210
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