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• Publication Date: November 1, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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ELECTRONICS FACILITIES IN CUBA
ANNEX 6
FACILITIES OF RADIO CORPORATION
OF
CUBA
AS OF OCTOBER 1960
CIA/RR EP60-73-S6
November 1960
For a diagram of the basic network, see Figurel2of CIA/RR EP 60-73
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RADIO CORPORATION OF CUBA
Street Address: Avenida Carlos III No. 508, Havana, Cuba
Mail Address: Apartado 1130, Havana, Cuba
Cable Address: CUBARADIO HAVANA
Telephone No. 6-8211
1. Nature of Business
a. This is basically a radiotelephone and radiotelegraph operat-
ing company providing an international public service to and from Cuba.
b. It operates direct international radiotelegraph circuits from
Havana to New York, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Spain, and the
USSR and an internal circuit to Camaguey, Cuba. It also operates di-
rect radiotelephone international circuits to Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, the Dominican Republic, France, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico,
Panama, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Venezuela.
c. It owns and operates the Cuban end of the "Over-the-Horizon"
radio link that provides 24 telephone channels and a TV channel between
Havana, Cuba, and Miami, Florida, for service with the US.
2. Plant Description
a. The overseas high-frequency transmitter station is located in
the outskirts of Havana at Finca Margarita. on the Carretera Wajay close
to the town of San Pedro Bauta. In general, this radio station com-
prises a series of single sideband and double sideband, high-frequency
telephone and telegraph transmitters. The location of this site is
22057' W - 82028' w.
b. The overseas high-frequency receiver station is also in the
outskirts of Havana at Finca Cabanas, near Wajay. The location of this
site is 22?58'06" N - 82?24'03" W.
c. These high-frequency radio stations are connected to the con-
trol terminal, located in downtown Havana at the headquarters building
on Carlos III No. 508, by means of wire circuits leased from the Cuban
Telephone Company.
d. The headquarters building on Carlos III No. 508 is called the
Masonic Building. Part of the basement, ground floor, second floor,
and roof of this building is leased by the Radio Corporation for hous-
ing its terminal equipment and offices. The terminal equipment in-
cludes not only that for the high-frequency radio circuits but also
the "Over-the-Horizon" terminal. This latter was manufactured by ITT
Laboratories.
e. The path of the "Over-the-Horizon" (see Figure 20) circuits is
as follows:
(1) The Western Electric "L" carrier channeling equipment,
providing 24 voice circuits to the US, is located in the ground
floor of Carlos III No. 508, Havana.
(2) The Western Electric TD-2 microwave terminal also is lo-
cated on the ground floor of Carlos III No. 508, Havana.
(3) A 10-foot parabolic reflector and microwave antenna
mounted on the roof of the same building and pointed at the
town of Guanabo about 12 miles east of Havana on the seacoast.
The location of this site is 23?10' N - 82009' W.
(4) The "Over-the-Horizon" radio terminal, complete with
60-foot reflector dishes spaced 400 feet apart, is located on the
bluff about 1/2 mile directly behind the small beach resort of
Guanabo. Because the dishes overlook the village and point north-
wards toward Miami, this installation is clearly visible from
Guanabo and from the sea of Guanabo. On the same station site is
a small steel tower 150 feet tall which has a 10-foot dish pointed
toward Havana; the other Western Electric TD-2 microwave terminal
is located at this station.
3. Ownership
The International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation of 67 Broad
Street, New York 4, N. Y. has a 100-percent controlling interest in the
Radio Corporation of Cuba.
4. Branch Offices
Branch offices are located at Radio Center, Vedado, Havana; Rancho
Boyeros International Airport; and in Camaguey at Avellaneda No. 282.
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Radio Corporation of Cuba: Transmitting Site Located
in the Outskirts of Havana at Finca Margarita Near
the Town of San Pedro Bauta (22?57'03"N - 82?28'07"W).
Vhdio Corporation of Cuba: Receiving Site Located in
the Outskirts of Havana at Finca Cabanas Near Jajay
(22?58'o6"N - 82?24'o3"w).
Radio Corporation of Cuba: Receiving Site Located in
the Outskirts of Havana at Finca Cabanas Near Wajay
(22?58'06"N - 82?21+'03"W). Coaxial Transmission Lines
Entering the Receiving Building.
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