RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY JULY 1966

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• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: July 31, 1966
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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY
July 1966
I. GENERAL
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during July, along with other repro 25X1 A(
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sentatives of the Office of Communic ti nd the DD/P in order
to perform operational tests on t1e oad-watch communica'25X1A2
tions system.
25X1A9a 2. On 19 July Mr. visited the Laboratory accompanied
25X1A9a 'hv s. on 28 July,
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25X1 A9a on a tour of the Laboratory.
3. A seminar was conducted at the Laboratory on Monday, 25 July.
The purpose of this meeting, attended by members of the Engineer-
ing Staff and Operations Support Staff, was to critique the
results of the evaluation of a predetection medium-speed receive
25X1A6 b system conducted at~'earlier this month. The tests were
declared highly successful. and s were formulated for further
evaluation of this technique it 25X1 A6b
II. LESIGN
1. The CK-36 design project, initiated during the month of June,
received highly successful operational tests during this report-
ing period. R-100 VHF transceiver
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transmitter designated the The opera ono e - 25X1 A2(
25X1 A2gducted in Florida involved the - and two relay aircraft 25X1 A6E
operating over a path of 240 miles from
25X1A2 operating in moderate foliage cover success'u y transmit-
ted up to 90-miles to the first relay aircraft which then relayed
the VHF signal up to 180-miles-to the second aircraft orbiting
100 miles north of Miami. The second aircraft then relayed 5Xe A6b
signal to the base station operating at -
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2. The design project, initiated during January of this year to
provide a half duplex teletype capability operating over an
existing IS-5 infrared communications link, was completed
this month. The complete teletype system has been assembled,
tested, and forwarded to the operational area for installa-
25X1 A9a tion. Mr. a design engineer from the Laboratory,
will travel TIDY next month to complete installation of the
system.
3. The prototype of the HG/A-49, a modified HG-48 handerank gen-
erator designed to charge the 42-volt RT-49 power supply, was
successfully tested during July. Production of 50 units will
commence immediately.
4. A medium-speed base station receive system featuring broadband
predetection recording of the receiver IF was successfully
25X1A6 b evaluated this month at- Upon completion of the evalua-
tion, the Laboratory was assigned responsibility for assembly
25X1A6 b and check-out of one complete system carrying the nomenclature,
PD-l, to be shipped to _ the first week in August. 1A6 b
25X1 A9a Mr. Laboratory design engineer, will visit MW
TDY to install the system, along with Mr. who will 25X1M
instruct PCS operating personnel in its use.
5. A new design project was initiated this month for the develop-
ment of the RR-75 receiver. The RR-75 will feature 2 - 7 mHz
frequency range with three internal and one external crystal
channels and a ferrite loop antenna housed in a plastic case.
This receiver is intended to be a replacement for the RR-44
built by 25X1A5a1
6. A study project was initiated during this reporting period to
determine the feasibility of improving the IDY control unit of
the RS-503 ELD base station. As a result of recent long range
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III. ANALYSIS & APPRAISAL
1. Five evaluations were published and distributed during July.
Six other evaluations were completed and the reports written.
These are in process of being published. Five evaluations are
presently in the testing phase.
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2. The CK-30 coder/keyer was developed by 25X1A5a
25X1A5a1 The CK-30 is an electro-mechanical
device used to store information and subsequently key a trans-
mitter with the stored information. It has a storage capacity
of 300 groups in the magnetic memory and keys a transmitter at
the rate of 300 wpm. One outstanding feature of the unit is
the remarkable reduction in size compared to the CK-8 system.
The unit performed well, both mechanically and electrically.
The performance of the Mylar tape storage is considered superior
to that of the steel tape storage. Several sprocket holes in
the steel tape were torn out during the tests. The mechanical
noise level of the unit is high. The unit is compatible with
the RT-49 but compatibility with the RT-l8 was not accomplished.
3. The Racal Model MA-333 frequency synthesizer was manufactured
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The unit is a subminiature device used to generate RF excitation
frequencies over the range of 2 to 9.999 mHz in one kHz steps.
Control is obtained by use of four decade dials. A multipin
cannon socket provides all the inputs and outputs of the device.
The unit can be modulated on/off or FSK by applying proper vol-
tages to designated pins on the connector. The unit has excel-
lent electrical and mechanical performance characteristics.
Drift is minimal and is easily within the specification over the
temperature range of 0? to 50?C. The only deviation from speci-
fication was on FSK keying. The frequency shift averaged 400
Hz rather than the 800 Hz specified. The output voltage is the
specified one volt. This very possibly would not be enough to
drive transmitters such as the RT-I9, RT-1+8, and AT-3-
1. One new production project initiated this month calls for a
rerun of the Simplex time-date stamp modification. This modifi-
cation is to increase the throat depth from 2-inches to 3 7/8
inches. These units are required by the Signal Center for the
new message format. Two additional units will be modified.
2. Three production projects were completed this month. The first
was for the conversion of AM/A-2 antenna tuners to AM-2B tuners.
The modification was to lower the operational frequency range
from 130-170 mHz to 25-55 mHz. The AM-2B is designed to enable
operation of a Motorola P series transceiver into a conventional
automobile receiving antenna. Twenty-two units were modified
and returned to the warehouse for stock.
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The second completion was. for the AU-11 accessory unit designed
for use with, and stored within, the TS-10 test set. The AU-11,
in providing selection of various signal output levels from the
TS-10, will enable it to be more effectively used in its intended
purpose of maintaining the CU-10, 150-cycle IDY recognition unit
presently used in medium-speed receiving positions. Twenty-two
units were delivered to the warehouse for inclusion in the TS-10
test sets.
4. The third completion was for a personnel alerting system con-
sisting of a G.E. Porta-Mobil transceiver, a CU-20 tone generator
and two Motorola Page Boy receivers. One system was constructed
and delivered for forwarding to an operational area.
5. In addition to the above, a partial delivery of 39 HG-48A hand-
crank generators were made to the warehouse for stock.
6. Value of equipment fabricated in the Laboratory and delivered to
the warehouse this month was $25,320.00.
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TRANSFERS
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PCs
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EOD
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RESIGNATIONS
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1 July
11-14 July
11-14 July
12 -14 July
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EFFECTIVE PROMOTIONS
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TRAINING
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EXTERNAL PROJECTS SECTION
July 1966
I. PROJECTS
With the start of a new fiscal year, it is appropriatethat we review
some of the highlights of FY-66.
The final days of FY-66 saw our R&D allotment inch into tie red. Our
spending for the year amounted to $2,692,993.50 putting u6-almost
$18,000 over the budget. (Twenty-five thousand of our on inal $2.7
lion was transferred to the R&D Laboratory account.) Thos was
mil
caused by a last-week-of-the-fiscal-year need for an additiaial $26,328
The largest single expenditure in FY-66 was $518,696 for the /A-18
receiving system. This will provide a modern, useable bases tion for
our 1480 word-per-minute triphase EF systems. Our next larges expendi-
ture, $358,703 will permit an exhaustive field test for the AS 12 agent
high speed communications system. Although this seems to be a rge
amount of money to spend for a field test, with over two millio dollars
already invested in the AS-12, it would be false economy to not fully
test the system to uncover all its capabilities and limitations. Two
hundred thirty-four thousand and thirty dollars was committed to ARM;
while this project was funded through R&D, it will be monitored by the
Engineering Services Branch. The RS-101 received $219,925.00. As of
this writing, we are only days away from receiving the engineering
model of the RS-101, and we are still optimistic about its being a
7 satisfactory replacement for and a significant improvement over the
RS-1. The RS-520 agent facsimile system had progressed to the point
where we began a $215,173 development of the RS/B-43 microwave link.
This sum will be devoted to expanding the bandwidth, reducing the size,
f
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and increasing the output power of the RS-43. We began developmen
the RS-523 surveillance transmitter and receiver. This $174,445 ven-
ture leads OC into a previously forbidden operation, that of voice
privacy. Difficulties in getting a free ride for our satellites caused
us to spend $124,336 to adapt the "bird" to an available launch
vehicle.
Not all of our expenditures were in the six figure class. Some "small"
Of particular significance
projects may have far reaching effects.
was a $5,100 adjunct to the intercept/DF study which was funded in
FY-65. In light of some of the conclusions, we are presently reevalu-
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ating our entire medium-speed technique. The $16,600 SY-3 develop-
ment shows strong promise of finally filling the requirement for-a
one-way voice line message synthesizer. Considerable work was per-
formed in the field of antenna development, and much of this was
done under service contracts. While the results are not yet in, we
feel that we are much closer to more efficient agent antennas for
both long haul HF and short range ELD.
In the coming year we expect to see significant improvements in our
medium-speed and ELD systems.
II. ADMINISTRATIVE
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TRANSFERS
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PCS
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EOD
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RESIGNATIONS
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EFFECTIVE PROMOTIONS
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St. Louis, Missouri 7 - 8 July
Princeton, Nev Jersey '6 July
San Francisco, Calif. 27 July
Los Angeles, Calif. 28 July
Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. 20 July
Cincinnati, Ohio 14 July
Metuchen, New Jersey 18 July
Middletown, New Jersey 19 July
Kokomo, Indiana 7 July
Skokie, Illinois 8 July
Dallas, Texas 7 July
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TRAINING
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OTHER
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