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• Publication Date: May 18, 1949
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DATE
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SOURCE Veatnik Sv azi - 1q'lektrc~ No 12; 1947,
IDB Per Abe 32T101 -- Iriformatton rel::esta&.
I. S. B;,uayah. Chief
Odessa Radi.c Canter
The Minister of Commur_lcations, in Order No. 60, charged communications
personnel with appreciably impro-Ting the uviltzatlon of technical means ant
the quality of operations of all comm'.n:ca' .c_:e eccerprlsea.
The Odessa Radio Center Collective attiring to fulfil: this order
devoted e:ecial attention to :nc.reaeing the labor prciuctlvliy of radio
operators ant the atill.zation of exploitable technical knowledge of per-
sonnel, and to improving efficient and l' rantie work.
When the radio bureau of our Center was organized, it was of necessii;y
manned with young inexperienced radio workers who &id not possess the necee-
sary concepts of production discipline. In consequence; the use of equip-
ment was unsatisfactory, and it often broke down. Telegrams, after lying
around for a few hours, were transmitted vit', great delay, and often had to
be transmitted by v:re. The eiolatlcn of the rules governing serial process-
ing of telegrams, and '.ack of familiarity with apparat.a resulted in a large
percentage of failures an'. repeated transmission of telegrams, not only from
Odessa itself b., also from ccrrespon&ants cf our Radio Center.
In order to eliminate the delay of telegrams, we a.emanded greater
technical skill and exact compliance with the rules governing telegraphic
exploitation and serial processing of telegrams. Special classes were or-
ganized for young workera and. Ruler, chief of the Ratio Bureau, and Zlatkis,
cadre "mbei, assisted the youths in mastering their speciality. In 1947,
only a re, score ci t.h- personnel were put through the cchocl.
There was an app-ec'able n.-mber ?:f `.ec~i:_tcian-cperatera li,. c? Rad:o
Center, but lack cf theoretical knewletge prevented the correct ^s- cf
equipment. A coarse along toe lines of a technical.-seccoi prog-e:. w;a
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c.'e workers. The better :t;. re c~ Radio Center
nk , Tc' koncgiy, and others) con.tu.te
g ~. ,. The Ze L",!asurrc:
.r-1 r ' d the ter-?Macal use of radio en ,
Sexlnus tttentlon w:ee directed to the correc', erg)n`z.ation of pro-
e u -.s. The whol operation of processing t ,,, t .~ _ w?~s reviewed, and
d j.- the massage tape irm;edlately after - c ption, was aecurec',
Contr,-! p x:od, for the hewili.ng of telegrams within the office were Intro-
c,ed f:r each worker. S'rtrt supervision for ib- e tfor. of ti:se
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eenet peri:ido was ee -nhl_ahed, Acceuitinw Garin w e `- ntroduced, upon
Mich were entered the lime expended in proresr:ir;g td_egrana and the pro
rt -1ty of labor. Inlee'l, we had begun to +n; :oduce a few e:" these
Nafurea in 19h5, and by the beginning of --!16 the emuent of dt:lay had
already been cut in half. Delays attributable ~-c +ho wc;-ker?:: :: ~
ately e1lminatee. Telegrams requcsting informal we-_ f:anil d with little,
delay.
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In the mid-19416, the basic communlcatiori r>~ Cte - aa:; con -
to teletype apparatus. This resulted +
However, automatic transmission did not curpsec , a F rr..nr;uel ap rati
o,
despite the high technical capabilities of the equipr !,e., in of
the preliminary processing of the tand its Auton, ' c tape atic?~transmission.
By conducting time atudaes, It was established that much time was loot
(and consequently the actual exploitable rate cf exchange woo lowered) on
account of the transition from automatic to manual operation for the pur-
pose of making inquiries and replies, caused by deterioration in message-
transmission or by other nporational causes. The poor qualification of
those working on teletype and ignorance of the service co?e glen exerted
n negative influence upon the rate of transmission. The latter led to
leiigthy transmissions of conversations in plain text, 1:,4teed cf the briefor
coded text.
Raving clarified the reasons for this reduction in the rate of turnover,
we discussed them in the Collective, A producti -,- v? -canl2ed for
backward workers, and eocialiatic competition for increasing the rate of
turncver was developed. The observations, conclusions, and measures adopted
ir. the discussions were communicated to the correspondents of the Odessa
Radio Center, An immediate consequence was a slight increase in the rate
of turnover of messages. When teletype nets were first installed, the rate
of turnover did not exceed 50 telegrams per hour. but at the end of 1946 it
reached 85 telegrams per hour.
In 1947, after receiving Order No 60, the endeavor to increase the
exchange rate was continued with renewed vigor Manual operation in tele-
,zr&phy was reduced to a minimum. Nov all inquiries and requests are out
on the tape and sent through the transmitter. Knowledge of the service
,ode was increased, This reduced the expendit.ttre of time in the trans -
mission of messages. A. lever wee installed on the transmitting equ~Fment.
By pushing the lever, n elgael (ring) is sent to the correspondent, thus
calling attention to defects in hi: tranamiseorn,
Now, instead of stopping the transmitter for service conversations
(for example, "repeat telegram from scratch," "give me N Sh," "stop trans-
mission," etc.) a previously agreed upon number of rings Is sent. This
permits the correction of defects in the transmission of the correspondent
without cutting off.
Competing for an increase in the exchange rate, many workers in the
8y.3tem have systematically overfulfil.led norms by 150-200 percent.
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Stakhenovite meth'ae of labor were introduced Into the Radi,_ Center.,
Norms are now exceeded from 160 to 230 percent.. Consequently, when the net
to 100 percent loaded, the rate of exchange of nessages amounts to 150 and
more te3egrams per hour.
There were formerly a great number of technical stoppages at our Radio
Center due to unfamiliarity with the ne+ egaipment, lack of experience in
its use-, unsatisfactory preventive maintenance, and sometimes the lack of
spare parts.
We organized a general inspection of equipment, and thus exposed many
defects. -Bach instance of technical failure was carefully studied by the
chief engineer of the Center. High requirements were placed on the service
personnel. A strict system of preeentiVe maintenance was set up. During
each shift, every worker was charged with the uninterrupted operation of
the equipment charged to him in socialistic competition.
Efficiency studies by the engineers and technicians assisted in the
struggle against technical stoppages. For example, the exciters caused a
large number of the failures of the radiotelegraphic transmitters. Specialists
of the PM group foung Stakhanovite vorker under the direction of Engineer-
Btakhano'eite Graben' constructed two new exciters, using Solntsev'e system
in series. Placed in the transmitter, these exciters proved to be of high
quality and eliminated technical failure i.
Our engineers eat up an audio amplifier-rectifier and a control-instru-
ment panel for our Radio Bureau. Other efficient measures were also intro-
duced.
Lack of.even a few spare parts and. ignorance of the details of the
equipmient greatly contributed to the length cf technical stoppages. Jr. 1947,
a repair shop with various machine tools was set up, thus permittinE, toe
local manufacture of many emal: parts and the realization of our specialists'
technical ideas.
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