MILITARY NEWS: NEW FIRST EXPERIMENT IN THE USE OF VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL YE. LAZAREV

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• Document Release Date: May 3, 2012
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• Publication Date: March 1, 1962
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The First Experiment in the Use of Video Communications)
by
Lt.-Colonel Ye. Lazarev
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The implementation of video communications does not eliminate the
need for special channels. allcwiig the passage of oscillations of a
very broad frequency spectrum. The transmission of a limited number
of frames per second and poor lighting do not interfere with it. It
is possible to reduce considerably the number of frames being trans-
mitted per second in the video communications apparatus without
impairing the visual quality cf the information. Consequently it is
possible to receive oscillations with a frequency spectrum which can
be successfully transmitted over existing channels of radio-relay
communi cations, and to make these communications secure. Narrowing
of the frequency spectrum simplifies the documentation of the it ges,
in particular, recording them on magnetic tape. The process of
exchancing documents takes place in several seconds.
At the command-staff exercise with the professor-instructor staff of
the Academy i/n M. V. Frunze ( FPhri is rv 104n) an type gyrc~'
television apparatus (PTU-OM) was employed for video communication;.
It was set up at the cc and posts cf the army, of several divisions,
and at the command post of the front (in the directing HQ). The appa-
ratus aas adapted for transmission and reception of graphic documents.
In cur first attempt we succeeded in investigating the following
questions: the permissible dimensions of the portion of the map
being transmitted at the division - army level; the necessary clarity
of the image; the advantages provided by video communication between
control posts; the possibility of using small frame (narrow band)
television for video communication purposes. Data reports about the
1. Communication in which the users, located at a distance, not
only hear but also see each other and can demonstrate on a
television screen various objects, documents, and maps.
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,uat,i on were transmitted over video cor7mr.unications at night, when
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officers were tired and the situation was tense.
The results of the video transmissions are given in Table 1.
The apparatus gave an image clarity of about 200 lines. Data in the table show that there were almo it tworoblems instances causdided by
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unintelligibility of the image., Only
in connection with the facnriedtoute the position of
with detached
units of a division was a symbols on the map (scale 1:100,000)
houses. Their topographical smeasured 0.4 x 0.8 mm. Let us note o that some small details can e
successfully restored on a map, by
words of the person transmitting.
We consider that not all synihnls shown on a map need be trans-
mitted, but only the conventional symbols marking the positions of
troops, lines which they have reached, or boundaries of the path of
the radioactive cloud. OtKSrand soilivegetationocoveriesAo atomicd
network, rivers, bench m area, abruptly changes
burst, causing enormous devastation in a large , it is
possi the appearance of the terrain. ? Undthese er cwh~chishould be shownble
to orient oneself only by ground
on maps in greater detail.
We checked the possibility of transmitting conventional symbols
for raps with a scale of 1:50,000 and 1:10q,000. The clarity which
the ..pparatus gave was 300 lines. Unidentified symbols and their
dimensions are given in Table 2.
type sizes were checked. On a map with a
Some 364 symbols and
ofythese symbols were unidentifiable, on a
scale of 1:50,000 00 only nly 3 3
as is t evident
pe a from
map with a scale of 1:100,000 there were 26. But do
the meanings of the unidentifiable symbols, they noon points and
significance for transmitting information. Triargul
bench marks are the the ehand? when
can be entered on th map before
in
the practical deduction that great clarity in the video caarm s
tio
process is not obligatory. If the situation is entered on map
000 and 1:100,000, then for the dimensions of a
seaccttioon n 20 200 x 200 1 mm being transmitted, a clarity of 300 lines is
uite suitable for the purpose
adequate. Narrow-band television is q
control posts.
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of video communications be
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`Ti:e video communication apparatus pgrmits the commander to get,
in a short period of time, an idea of the general nature of the
operations of the troops under his command in the positions occupied
by them. Not one of the existing means o:' communication possesses,
such potentialities. Here one glance at the screen is enough to
obtain a comprehensive presentation of she situation that has arisen
in the troops.
The video coinrunication apparatus appreciably reduces the time
for transmitting situation data. This is ensured by the large volume
of information, even including reports on the previous statuofthe
troops, since, as a rule, they are entered on the map. reduction
which is bring
time fortthe r.urnber ofntel
very o important.
re telephone channels, obviously
reduutio? 11 n- +
The conclusion may be drawn that the video communications
apparatus will also find application ix an automated control system.
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Meaning of conventional I Dimersious of symbols in mm4 Comments
Oil and natural gas derricks
0.6 x 2.0 1
recognized
Fuel storage and natural
gas tank
Fuel pumps (avtokolonkl)
1.0 - 1.8
Rad:.o towers
2.1 - 0.9
Water-driven sawmills
1.5 - 0.8 .
Triangulation points
1.2
points on h>_>riol mounds
1.2
(kurgan)
Range survey points (punkty
pa]igonometrii)
Boundary markers
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Rayon centers and post-
relay stations
(Somony and unto)
Groups of nomad tents
(Stoyanki yurt, chumov)
Mines, mine galleries
Dikes (artificial instal-
lations regulating the
flow of rivers)
Embankments, stone,
E wooden
IStones
Rock snore
M.agnetl.c anomalies
(Sound ani fog stations
Impassable saltmarshes
!Lichen vegetation
Type si:.e of an in-
habited locality for
secondary names and
lettering beyond the
margin
Type size of the
number of houses
Notations of elevations
and depths
Load capacity of ferries,
height of waterfalls,
bush
0.2
1.2 X1.8
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1.2; 0.3
0.9
A dark blue .
line on light
blue back-
gro.ind
Vertical
hachures not
visible;they
run to.;ether.
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