MEETING WITH COMAST, 1 MAY 1986, COMAST LABORATORIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01418R000200100002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 6, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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6 May 1986
SUBJECT: Meeting with COMSAT, 1 May 1986, COMSAT Laboratories
H. Raag
B. Cool
D. Weinrich
COMSAT
COMSAT
COMSAT
FBIS
FBIS
1. The initial COMSAT monthly report was reviewed and the following
action items identified:
a. Panama Cost Differential, resulting from the decision to
place the terminal in a standby mode during nonoperating bureau
hours, needs to be documented. has the action.
b. INTERCOMSA technicians need to be identified by name and
name checks run before they can be allowed to be placed on active
duty within the bureau.
c. will visit COMSAT Labs to help them in setting up
their analysis experiment on the Wideband FAX Signal. It was
established as policy that FBIS could not loan them a pair of
recorders for this purpose. COMSAT would have to rent recorders if
they chose to perform this analysis for BTI. FBIS's criteria for
performance verification would remain as previously agreed upon.
d. It was agreed that BTI's responsibility, as far as
contracted for cabling was concerned, terminated at their interface
racks. If FBIS/BBC wished to contract for additional cabling, that
was to be a separate issue.
e. FBIS will review the network Status/Request for network
reconfiguration and request for service forms and provide COMSAT
with feedback.
f. Following C/FEB's visit to the Panama site (5-9 May), COMSAT
will be provided with final decisions on the actual siting.
g. COMSAT will provide cost estimates on their proposed order
wire equipment and configuration. This is to include new expanded
SCPC Modems.
STAT
STAT
STAT
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SUBJECT: Meeting with COMSAT, 1 May 1986, COMSAT Laboratories
2. FBIS will arrange for shipment of anchor bolts once COMSAT
specifies weight, volume, and number of containers. These items must be
crated and packed prior to pickup for shipment.
3. A demonstration of video performance under various parameters
was presented. These experiments were used to verify the effect of
energy dispersal waveform mismatch and transmission parameters on video
quality.
STAT
Chief, Engineering Division, FBIS
cc: COMSAT (Mr. Raag)
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