Inspection Report No. 1 - AS-12 Field Tests(Classified)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-02820A001200050021-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: September 6, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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Memorandum
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The Files: Contract No. 4160, T.O. a DATE: 6 September 1966
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IVBJECT: Inspection Report No. 1 - AS-12 Field Tests
l.. Project Description:
Approximately three months of.on-the-air tests will be conducted
to determine how well the AS-12 operates, what ionospheric phenomena
permit or prevent it from working, what changes should be included in
future units, and what are the best procedures for operating the AS-12.
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a. Initial Cost:
b. Request for Procurement Action: 1 April 1966
c. Initiation Date: 2 May 1966
d. Completion Date: 28 February 1967
e. Deliverable Items: Monthly progress letters, final. report
3. Date of Meeting: 25 August 1966
4. Place of Meeting:
5. Persons Attending:
Agency
Non-Agency
Mr.
Mr.
Mrs
6. Contractor's Performance:
a. On schedule and expected to remain so: Yes
b. Within obligated funds and expected to remain so: Yes
c. Satisfactory technical progress: Yes
7. Project Status:
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7. Project Status:
All special test equipment was designed and fabricated and w
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ready for shipment on 5 August. On that date an Agency truck arrived
in Buffalo. A shipment 36 boxes, weighing 4.500 po nAs- was rteked
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remained through 12 August. By 17 August all equipment
was installed and checked and tests began +h the field set located
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were designed to check the suitability of the daily testing procedure,.
establish proper equipment threshold levels, and wring out the computer
program for data reduction.
In order to provide correlary information during these tests
and will be operated in parallel with the A5-12. This sound
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began installing the sounder trans-
arrived on 22 August. He will operate the sourer and the
AS-12 transmitter for the duration of the test program.
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