TELEVISION, RADIO AND RADAR INSTALLATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 6, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
114FORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRN Poland
SUBJECT
Television, Radio and Radar Ins}al3ations
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The National Institute of Telecommni~attoe past three in s~$ isplocated in
in television have been carried on
r The supervision of the entire establishment
Warsaw at 11 Ratuszowa et0 The su ervi, on of immediate direction is but
is entrusted to ofess0 r (fnu)an engineer. The project in which the tests
Telegraphy,
Kipistry of Post and,_,,,.
entrusted to (fnu) Brzozcwsld,
are run is directly under the supervision ofttie eitYier "0i--
it is protected by military units_believed-
_~-- The first of these,
The PIT operates two television broadcasting stationsThe . he he first was made
which is active at present, operates on 130 lines. apparatus in 1by Polish technicians copying Soviet television, but the
transmitter P opera erates s with American tubes. The television receiver. is
m n n" receiver, dif"erin~
technically almost identical with the dimensions 200 x 150 ~-11?i.meters 0
only in that the screen is smaller,,the the hutch factory X113-~'
The amplifiers work on tubes of 150 watts made by .
and imported from Sweden.
to this - time ';' Sts a with a trans-
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Transmission the di+ctors decided' the results
Transmission is only by cable up
mitter operating in the 5-meter bangs :in xiectoower band of about 3
were unsatisfactory and it was decidet~.1 not yet begun.
meters As of November 1951 these:.:; roduced.
a s produced.
developed a prototype telev*i'ian receiver ich w llc 'e m
PIT has d pe mounted there
both luxttx'ious
In the workshop where it is being
from various countries. Among these are two English de sets,, both
third is
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manufactured, one of which has an exceptionally large screen. a small
adapted only to receive television with no radio ng nenta
and P?
a French receiver
of the Polish
the fourth is a Soviet receiver manufactured in Moscow
screen of 200 x 120 millimeters, and the fifth is the prototype between
Fnch receiver. Its price will probably
receiver, a copy of the re
4,000 and 5,000 zlotys.
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PIT is at present completing a transmitter vtiich will use a 620-line picture,
Four such transmitters are to be built aryl will be handed over to Polish
Radio for exploitation, There is a shortage, however, of trained personnel,
and Engineer Brzozowski expresses a doubt as to the possibility of establishing
television in Poland, Brzozowski maintains that for a 12-hour program per
week 160 technicians and engineers-are necessary for transmission only., not
including artists and administrative personnel, At this time PIT employs
around 30 or so workers familiar with television.
At present Radio Poland (Poiskie Radio) has two broadcasting stations in
Warsaw, one located at No, 3 Mysliwiecka Street and called the Central
Broadcasting Station, the other located on Jjazdowskich Boulevard and called
the Foreign Broadcasting Station, About 1,300 people are employed in the
Central Broadcasting Station., approximately 38000 of whom are program personnel.
There are eight studios in the broadcasting station; each studio has a so-
called control desk equipped with a console aid two "emi" type magnetophones
used for recording broadcasts or for background music or words,. The studios,
especially the 0-2 studio from which members of the government deliver messages,
are equipped for comfort, There are also three amplifying (sic) rooms in
the broadcasting station equipped in the American manner: a so-called
mixer-type console, two sets of reproducers (sic), composed of two magneto-
phones of the English "emi" type, two turntable, with sapphire "Rangertona"
adapters. There is a light signalling system, and telephone connection
between amplifying and control rooms and studios and with the program and
radio station inspector, Alongside the amplifiers is the chief control room
from which the cable leads to the transmitter station, It is in very good
condition; a special detachment of 23 people is responsible for its maintenance,
Each piece of apparatus is operated five days a vieek; on the sixth day the
apparatus is checked to determiner its condition. Despite such precautions
there.are occasional breaks during transmission,
8. In addition to the amplifiers and assembly, the broadcasting station is
equipped with five sets of double turntables, four of which are equipped
with the English "emi"., the fifth with the "Rangertona" magnetophone system.
Each of these turntables is also equipped with "Rangertona" adapters to cut
records, and one complete turntable to play "Aga-Baltyk" records. Decalite
records are used.. The station uses Elka, Agfa and Emi tape recorders.
Recently a French type-C tape recorder was imported, Furthermore, the
broadcasting station has begun to import magnetophones from the DDR and the
USSR. The magnetophones imported from the DDR are of two type.; one is a
portable "AEG" magnetophone; the other is the station recorder of the "RFT"
type. Soviet magnetophones are not yet being used., although some are located
in a warehouse at the Mokotowski Fort.
91t. In the radio station there-are also three "Aga-Baltyk" short-wave sets which
operate in the 6-meter band. These radio sets are utilized as stand-bye
for especially important transmissions, Five programs are broadcast from
the station:
a. A program called "All-Poland" transmitted on 200 kilowatts.
b, A local program on 50 kilowattse
c. The foreign program, broadcast on short wave in the b9-meter band,
d. Programs,four and five are called "R-2l" and are transmitted by two
radio sets operating in the 21-meter band.
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loo Radio Poland in Warsaw has at its disposal the Central Radio Station in
Raszyny with 200 kilowatts of power; the antenna tower is grounded, The
transmitter of this station was imported from Czechoslovakia but the power
supply equipment is a product of pre-war Poland, This radio station handles.
only the program listed under (a) above, The radio station with 50 kilowatts
of powers which was built entirely in the country and is located in the same
building as Central Radio Station, is also used by Polish Radio, The antenna
mast'is completely insulated, This radio station operates every other day,
alternating with a radio station of the same power which is found in the
Mokotowski Fort* These two handle only the program under (b) above, The
short-wave stations which is located in the Raszyn area., operates in the
1L9-meter band, This was designed by and is serviced by the American firm,
RCA (sic),
11o Programs originating from the Central Station consist 80 percent of tape
recordings and 20 percent of live programs, The political information
section, whose chief is Director (fnu) Baumritter, determines the tone of
the programs, This section is strongly controlled by the Security
The technical and program personnel are for the most part Party members,
On the wholes the technical educational level is very low, There are only
.8 to 10 good technicians who are in charge of the whole station.,
12, The Soviet military group at Ustka has received a radar installation mounted
on three trucks., model "ZIS-150". The equipment is described as a "half-
round" turret about three meters high on which is a. revolving target (sic)
of sheet=cnetal,* The Soviets in Poland have other
similar radar installations,
2 5X1A Comment: It is supposed that source is referring to receiving
urn a es by the term "reproducers". The term "amplifying rooms" is unclear,
but source is possibly referring to.studio control rooms,
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I omment: Source is apparently speaking of the radar pick-up
antenna by the term "target"*
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