MONTHLY REPORT-KEY WEST BUREAU-JANUARY 1982

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• Publication Date: February 5, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
KEY WEST BUREAU
MAIN P.O. BOX 1056
KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33040
MFL-2010
5 February 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report - Key West Bureau - January 1982
I. GENERAL
Na,.rc I, c ;,,ct Haan released that Navy plans to release
to civilian use and development have STAT
been placed on a 6-mont hold. The local commander, unofficially
and off the record, indicated this robabl indicates DOD intention
to reactivate the naval facilities He, insisted, STAT
however, that this was just speculation on his part.
A. Monitorial/ Editorial
Headquarters linguist arrived on TDY on STAT
10 January. She will remain through March, at which time it is hoped
bureau staffing will be such that the bureau will be able to operate
with no further TDY staffing except during special events and holiday
periods.
At the invitation of Yasutome, the bureau
chief and Communications Officer attended a CommunicaticSTAT
Restoral Contingency Plan meeting held to determine minimum essential
telecommunications operating requirements for contingency restoral in
the event of a catastrophe cutting off all communications links to the
lower keys. The meeting was held on 14 January 1982 and attended by
Key West area representatives of military and government agencies.
Building and Grounds
Key West Bureau has received official written authori-
zation from the Commanding Officer, Key West Naval Air Station, to
build a 62' by 21' addition to the north side of the present opera-
tions building.
Chief of Budget and Finance, visitedSTAT
the bureau from 8-12 January. During this period he provided the new
bureau chief with a great deal of valuable guidance in ureau accoun-
ting procedures. STAT
Attachments
CC: Panama Bureau
Chief, Key West Bureau
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Attachment A (Reception)
Monthly Report, Key West Bureau
January 1982
1. Cuban medium wave reception was generally good with a few
casts marred by atmospherics and several by interference from
U.S. stations. Video reception of Cuban television was mostly
fair to good. Of a total of 67 casts, video reception was
rated as follows: 18 good, 20 fair to good, 19 fair and
10 poor to fair.
Havana Voice of Cuba in English to North America and the
Caribbean remained off the air during the month.
2. Reception of Nassau Domestic Service was mostly good.
Belize Domestic Service was heard in mostly fair reception.
3. Kingston Domestic Service (Radio Jamaica, RJR) was heard in
mostly poor to fair reception with 8(casts unheard.
4. St Georges Domestic Service was heard in mostly fair to good
reception with one cast unheard.
5. Santo Domingo Radio Mil (1180 KHZ) was heard in generally
poor to fair reception with 3 casts unheard.
6. Mexico City NOTIMEX experienced 3 days of outages.
7. Bridgetown CANA experienced 6 days of outages.
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Attachment B (Technical)
Monthly Report, Key West Bureau
January 1982
1. Antennas: Surveyed antennas currently in use. Checked, verified
and/or corrected existing records and diagrams for azimuthal directivity
of individual antennas and tower and pole locations. Prepared rough
sketches for later consolidation in an antenna package to go into the
bureau note book. Made preparations for installation of an improved
longwire antenna.
Installed additional coax cables from monitoring room multicoupler
rack to cruising position to provide direct access to the Kerschner &
Wright loops and external antennas for the cruiser's Sony CRF-320
receiver.
2. TV Monitoring Setup: Began planned reconfiguration of TV control
rack, correcting a number of wiring faults resulting from the connection
of equipment with unbalanced audio inputs and outputs to the balanced
lines of the original audio distribution and patching system. Rearranged
patch panel positions in a logical manner, eliminating the need for
patch cords for normal operations. The most important result of this
work so far is that, henceforth the sound on the video tapes supplied
by the bureau will derive from the stable and powerful TV-tuner audio
outputs rather than from the weak and unstable outputs of vintage FM-
receivers.
3. Equipment: Adapted Watkins-Johnson WJ-8731A receiver for use with
separate high and low band antennas. This receiver is primarily used
for backup audio coverage of Havana TV, channels 6, 9, and 13.
Installed a third cassette recorder in the cruising position for
use with the Sony CRF-320 receiver to facilitate the cruiser's record-
ing tasks.
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Attachment C (Nonexpendable Property)
Monthly Report, Key West Bureau
January 1982
1. The following property was received from Paraguay Bureau after
undergoing repairs in headquarters:
One antenna, BBH-160, serial no. 135.
2. The following property received from Panama Bureau:
One teleprinter, Extel AF-11R, receive only, serial no. 122826.
3. The following properties received from headquarters:
A. One interference suppressor, Pioneer Model QRL-2b,
serial no. 110.
B. One Delta beverage transformer, BVT-2, serial no. 004.
4. The following property was transferred to headquarters:
One tape reader, Frederick Model 1403-A, serial no. FE-12665.
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KEY LEST BUREAU PRODUCT ION REPORT FOR JANUARY 1982
1. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL
PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
89,760 _
TOTAL
NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURI\G M10N?TH:
19,180
'
FILED DURING MONTH:
MS
330
TOTAL
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NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITE
'BROADCASTS
PRESS AGENCIES
PUBLICATIONS
II.
INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
2,57S
i
14,700
min
21
issues
-.Ill.
minutes or issues p week)
OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
n.
m
.
Cpublis able words per month)
BAHAMAS
Nassau Domestic Service in English
Nassau The Tribune in English
BARBADOS
Bridge town CANA in English
Bridgetown Advdcate-News in-English
Bridgetown Sunday Advocate-News in English:-
BELIZE
Belize City Domestic Service in English
CUBA
Havana Domestic Service in Spanish 21,920
Havana Domestic Television Service in Spanish
Havana Voice of Cuba to North America and the
Caribbean in English
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Santo Domingo Radio Mil Network in Spanish
40,500
DOMINICA -
Roseau Domestic Service in English--
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GRENADA
St Georges Domestic Service in English 10690 __
JAMAICA
Kingston Domestic Service in English
Kingston Daily Gleaner in English
Kingston Sunday Gleaner in English
MEXICO
Mexico City NOTIMX in Spanish
13,010
490
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