TRIP REPORT, WASHINGTON, D. C. TO (SANITIZED) AS-6 INSTALLATION

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03330A004100090084-1
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• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2012
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: September 24, 1959
• Content Type: MEMO

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Trip Report, >eon D. C. to
A8-6 hastat~,#,S
I left Haahiagten, D. C. br air on 29 July 1999, and reported to
Chief on the morning of the 30th, Alta a discussion
about the laatallstivn end rhipgia g pn^ebins ialrralring the A$.6
e~rnipmamt, I left
to report too
The following day at L-
tion at the A8.6 eft at
ras taken up discussing the installa-
he receiver sit.
and traosnitimer site respectively) i.e., the .gripout lsynt, ant,
a cro~IStre ehaWVs, per requirements, ant.ueas, aralt ap1aars, etao
upon arrival at the receiver site
rss just receiving new flooring is he tare of asphalt tile. The A8-6
egui t has been installed in this roan, adjacent to the teletype
roan. The tea new raaeiving ncor bins vere in the process of casatruc-
tioo by the area engineer aM his mein. The reconstruction and .baage
of bearing of the trmumitter mite rb is for this project w not
yet started, except for the now cement bases and anchors.
e&uu day, 1 AIUtpulst, the A8-6 egn=,pamat had not yet arrived, so x
helped the area engines and his man in the fabrication of autmnoa
SW eabl.s, laput or toMas and asmoatated bardmaire. MAR
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The As-6 egaipoft arrived oa Sundsy, 2 Auptst, by
after sour confusion of arrival reports and two
unsuccessful trips by Supply in truzeks.
there were no
laborers to he]1p in unerating the sguiprent. Between the
supply people and a oWt we uneratet the equipment and set the
equipt acids in two grave j the receive t.raiaal the the transmit
terminal. The transmit terminal was sent to and the receive
terminal. was seat to the receiver site.
Monday afternoon and TwaWlq war. devoted to assembling, mounting,
and istescoeuusctino the fans receiver terminal reeks and .quip^eaet,
and checking for plstsiesl damap.
Plus-in relays on some of the agnipse.nt chassis were Shipped
without hold-down tape and were loose. One reW was broken to the
remote unit. This vas ordered inuaedis-te .y from ham-quarters.
The power sgrply for ftP eabinrt 12 had been appaxwntiy dropped
during shipment, the chassis was sprung and distorted, and the chassis
bolts had beau sheared. later this power ply was found to fvmetioa
properly, however, and the bolt. were replaced an the chassis.
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Two pones supply aeter cases rase cracked or broken, and =w
ru wd ties home aster in the reowdlier "A" drsaasr had a broken cams,
but fLasUnnid rsll. Clue running tic meter did not park and was
replaced in Sr cabinet M.
The bars station clock proVrasmsr was not taslaadsd is the origiaatal
sbiymeat, stags it had been del#Wed for the tastallatios of the program
tape.
mw transit terminal pas set up stin Place or W24/t3
tsaeadtter au^i-.r 14 In the asst wig alongside the 231D-90 txsasaittsr
mnaiber 13 that was to be aodillsd for m-6 werstios. The iustsllation
as a idataed to the tsansutittsr sits persomel and aft mace runt was
started by the "r sits teahaaiaisa by re eaaaping Us r1% tsradoal beo[
for use with the A8-6. The sme penar wiring rti1eh bad powered the
1% was used for tba A8-6 trsnndt tsrainal cabinet.
The N14 control cable from the An frems as used almg with
an additimal new four pair lead c~onrsrsd cable for rsaote control or
the A8-6 tssuamdt terataaal from the reosive site via Motorola micro-
wave aeamels.
Station prints and terminal comet sheets were checked to deter-
arins the most practical way to revise the aicrwave key liars for
remote ecatrol or the A8-6 traa it teoraiavai. After deciding this,
and with approval by the area engineer and Operstioos, I made up a
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draviag together with teradmal cowgats. This ttraving vas turd
own to the "T" site twoieiciaA vtw them eNK& the
virisg addittaar and saaeges at the EL IA t~aaee at from this
tVata. rieadvbil. I std up as a4ditioaal drawing attd turned this
or to the wire Ie tas3ieiotas at the reader site, 111164 wired
into the eais trees, after is rut for s d 13 pair Lewd covered cable
twos the cypher roan to the wis trams in the opezvatioes race-
poetr paver cables v s waste to spare breakers in the paver distri-
buties boat in the tsla ype race from the +aypbsr rsts. may vacua wired
to tvistlrok rseeptscles sassed beam the m-6 cabinets ce the tlaor
toether with the eev1 installed ducts.
Batt r y, 8 Aegmt.
Alter the paver wiring bad bees installed and the equipeeett turssd
on, aid I checked otter the e t !br nay electrical
estd a more detail d shook, I vest abet with
ens xtal eabl war (a total of sit each Ra-59/u) to the at~altioeppla r
patch pawl is the o e atIms mutt. Two ealtiosgplers voar+e wed to
aoWemotica with the two -v zhombic .ata a to a0conadate sit
raaeiwrs to dual space diwratty opszstios.
The receives termiesl. equip mat vas lbmed to operate nasally 'With
the exssptioa of a slfunstlcn of aces of the al ars aironit relays.
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A resistor is series with the 0011 at these relays was Osusissg too
peat a voltage drop lbr wow operation at the relays. (ftess
resistors wars pat isto the .rims alarr atr is by to
cases a s1av-orpsasts toaeatica).
In order to get the iipaesrt Into opsraUm as gsietly as
possible, it had beeon decided to use sstiaatLeg pvwr vim as kissed
nbich was seo. lb wire. The idea wise to oormot this at a later date
by isstalliag an. 22 wire powsr cable. (The arcs mMi t w is awru of
this sad istssds to Win this ohiii1 e) .
As a 0owgsea?e, the V*3.tae drop is sash at the Vow pawn
emblies, w about 4 .ealtas. (tTsiag NO- 14 Tire sad drwiag 1.2.5 assQe per
cable).
The relay sosditios ewes c rrected by ohaagu g the tap es the
traaslbm^ez lion the pvisr sppply is the castrol dr sewer. ?
The sdarossit Joey limes were ahseged sad rewired liar A8-6 rsssdt
aperati . APC Joey Us" CV 7, 8, 9, a" 10 were used to sera to
sad AN CV 57, CW 58, TTY 9 sad T'1T 2.0 et resits wee used
fbr wrifieatias sirsuits camiiag heck fres Ths last taw
Audio Fregmeaey Carrier sWpssset rati+osed were isteerahseaged betwesa
traasrdttsr aM reaeiwer sites. The !boor AFC tswwdtttsrs news
swseo sd E m the reoeiwr site, aced the lour s0srpemdlag abasla-1.
were reiowd tray the tsseassdtter site sad b'rem t ever to the "R* site.
Tbs reason for this woes that ally two AFC ty msattters were at the "T"
site for order printer circuits betty om sites.
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as circuits vsre wired is such a my that the sedan 8nbean isr
s?aip^sat vaa used sa the uimwmvo system. T!r seas prooadsars fbr
oheaging to laadliae is still w-1id.
dad I mnt to ~ce Fridayr 14 Aug et to cheek
over the trsa itts r terndaal and to began aWdilifaatsoae of the
231D-20 tresasaittsr w. 33. Mw reacts control foastlm had set Let
voopUtsl7 eheeiced out by prior to shipart, and there vsre
adstaloes in the reacts wiring "tuts within the tranaaatit tsralnal
and the reaaats it. Tl~ss aaistahes one treed card corrected by
Sod aWself. BI soaping the V riaas vawfbrr within the
traesnit teradcl it was ft Md that the wriliaatic phase detector
vas act ?pustiug propsrl7r lose to shorted as in the pbass detector
trascfOrmr. replaced the R? taws .1 1-esr ca4 to disovwr
that the lain of the circuit vas now too great. This os sod slipping
is the fbil+oviag aaNptittsr circuits. modified the circuit
by renovisg car surUfier faros the circuit. (Oft half of a canal triode).
After the 231D-20 sod oatirreas and mommenry wiring were oLeted,
the 231D-2A use tined on all 10 a els. In the NOW" of tapadag,
vs discovered that the AS-6 exciter uas rot sizing properly an ear
vhumals, therefore they land to be retaaed. Later, when w bros t a
a. P. freapaeacy cowttsr over to Q w discovered it wee in-
possible to gist on accurate owmt cane to stray R? from allwr tr aittsrs
in the heildisg which isre up an RTTY circuits.
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Ift snowed tles s iter drover fSroa the trammit t raim1 and took
it to vhere ve were able to obtain a correct f eq soay
a.sa i ...esi t and also oosepletel r ra'tuwd all cbaanels to Ima .nt
iapropsr nixing vithia the dxav.r. Whss the field egsipment arrived
ve verified our suspic3,ses fast abymel 3 crystal fr equancy in the
bass station trwmait terminal vas in error. This crystal must be
replaced, and ah.an.1 3 should be eletely r. as.d.
The base statics clock programmer arrived before
RsadqmLrters eaglaesro and the field termi**l. Upoo
Snspsatico vie learned that the block within the prra~ramoor, thick is
used to loop the clock stopped and ready to be started, as not set In
position sad the clock had run don. (This asy have been caused by a
jar in shipeaet or by au oversight before ahipaemrt).
and I decided not to jests).]. the programmer in the base station
receive termdmal before the field equ paent arrived to prev.at the
tape from being preesturely advanced.
brought the field e%dpasat to as Septsuber 9th.
The field e"Ipeoat as Nt up a flew ad lees frost the "R" sits and indi-
videaal c"saael,s wars triggered and received by us.
The field egmlp ant was brag -t back to the "R" site and are farad that
the prograaoer did not start. Thee iai t as d! sasseedelaed and the
clock started. RF feedback was farad to be a problsa in the field egnip-
emtt, so the field squiyaaett was set up outside the "R" site sad
partially buried. Trausaissicos were them originated ace ally, but the
abort-raw-tiler did not funatica pzopsrly. 72e twit as again rsro
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sad awaia 6i *tlad VIS Wait to dsterriee
the caws. ? It vas disoowersd that ass of the Uwe bees ht m t of the
omit for individual obasoel testias am shartia to the own*
fte tolUeviag .y, 10 8eptea6er, Me tested all ebanrnels of the
field unit ap-leet the bass statism receive tsralsl, sd remotely/
a motrolled the tsunedt terminal to operate the field em both
i*terro its and receipt llmatioas. C4v L 3 ft m the base traawit
(rant al was oft-lregmo my and dial not operate the f1 eld umlt.
After Zooal testing was oaVlated, the aleck paeograaaer. of both
the field sad bass were set to em tly the awes tine and the progx s
tapes Mere a&iaaesd to ocrreepoad to the eeet b w. 21* fled statics
battery supply/ vsa then rrebsr 4, and the soaplets field it Man
repacked tbz skipesst.
TWO w prloar to the bass statics
lastallatioss More oowlete. and aisle then set Up a
class of iastructl+os as the equipment. DarimW the first two deers, OR
theory of operatics Sad otsrall block diagrams Moro discussed. 1 r1a
this, area sr, operators, and teabaialaas
attaedrd (about 12 persons including ?
Thereafter a total or fine to niches atteeded the lectures;
thsse laotmies ooaoeroiaa sg-pipsant tleaor7 sad operation.
A total of approximately) three weeks was dsvertsd to the tnstruetics
sad aa3atNwnes discussions. Daring this time Ms putt troubles lato
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the .quips nt for the to iciaas to aaa]yse and correct. This
helped then a great &"I
Daring the tine between the departure of the field edaiparnt and
the final tests we gave the teabniaieas an opportWaity to Baia track
the receivers and to he all ad teems of the terminal.
The tests, which were sahedLled fbr 16 cad 17 8spta
were carried out using the mw antwdas. Twenty three
messages were received troe- the field teradnal dmring the.. tee days.
Only awe of these was do= in the noise 1aw1 (it was on the IMF fbr
that ties), wt the recognition and spaso were received and were r adabU.
AU other aessagss were verb clear and easy to read on the visioordsr tape.
The collector paooaga was not used dwriag these tests.
The two tramsaissiowe received in August fend the
WasWagtoa area were wry clear and no tremble was .osomstwr id in
reading the massage fraw the collector.
A codification was perfbreed is r itiam draper on all tree
Rf cabinets by This was dews to insure a core positive
and saaittm recognition eon it the sigwal to noise ratio is 1
to 1 or Less. There are supposed to be 105 waft sewer diodes in
this coditieatian, but since these were pat swsi] abs1s, batterls.
were substituted. will haw these sewer diodes shipped
vhan he returns td
Luads fray the batteries are wired into
blank pins on a terutwl board benasth the recognition draper claeseis,
and will be a simple wetter to install the sewer diodes.
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The madificatiaa parts vere receivted. 17 S pteelber for the
instailatiea vithian the osactrol drawr of the data aabiast. This
a-wtiroa, rather than a modifiaatiae~, is for the operation of the
running time meter vhiah is mutated by the operation of the 30 day
test traasmission perm program and !br the purpose of detersrisiag
the tir diff+ereosae betwen base mad field cloaks. This moditioaticr*
will be installed by the receiver site technician.
The day followi*g the 17 September tests, left for
while X spent the day going over the operation of the teralml
am the that operator.
It is eqr episiea that the A8-6 egplgmmt is wiry ryeod iron a
technical as well as operaticsal viewpoint. There we only am
breakdown that could have oeeused trouble. We van the a1utahes# to
the visiaorders. Theee have both been replaced and rubber bushiass
viers put in to ease MW binding dtte to mal-aligeeeaett. said
that this msobsnicsi design rrstld be revered aM the mecrossary parts
mould be shipped for aodifiaation.
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