ATOM KEYER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03330A000800120009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2014
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 10, 1957
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum � UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
STANDARD ronm NO. 64
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FROM :
SUBJECT:
Director of Communications
Chief, Engineering Division, OC
ATOM Keyer
DATE: 10 October 1957
1. In accordance with your request during visit,
we have investigated the feasibility of producing the so-caLLed. ATOM
with such an item
made available.
Keyers on a crash basis in order to provide
prior to the time that the PAMM Keyers could
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2. It should be noted that our information on the ATOM Keyer
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the piece of equipment. In reviewing the report we noted the
following which was contained therein:
"However, it should be noted that all specific
mechanical/electrical details are not as seen
but as deduced from close examination of the
equipment. This is necessitated by the pre-
sence of considerable sealed 'lacquered' screws
holding assemblies together or in place and, it
had been determined previous to the examination
that no assemblies or components would be dis-
turbed that would (1) reveal that the set had
been minutely examined or (2) disturb critical
adjustments, the correction of which would be
impossible without technical specifications on
clearances and the like."
If the foregoing objection to opening of the unit can not be
overcome, then it is not considered at all feasible to produce
the ATOM Unit in a short period of time.
3. If the above access limitation can now be overcome, it
still is not considered feasible to copy the AT014Keyer on a
crash basis. The time required to send a man to Vienna to prepare
the necessary drawings, and the time involved in testing and
debugging of the unit once a prototype has been fabricated, lead us
to the opinion that the ATOM Unit could not be produced as rapidly
as the PAMM Units.
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4. It is our recommendation that a contract be awarded
immediately to the Manufacturer of the PAMM Units to insure having
the keyer at the earliest possible date.
5. As an alternative, if the period of time required to
produce the PAMM Units is too long to meet immediate operational
requirements, (and if a "numbers-only" keyer such as the ATOM
Keyer is suitable for the operation), it is recommended that con-
sideration be given to using the telephone dial keyers which have
already been produced and on which engineering know-how exists
today. A quantity of these units could be produced in a relatively
short period of time. While they are not the ideal solution to the
problem, it is believed that this is the fastest way of getting a
keyer to the field. These units could then be replaced by the
PAMM Units when they become available.
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