50-KW. BROADCASTING STATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500730084-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: November 11, 1998
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRi;L INTEL LICENCE A ~ENCY
INFORM C7t~l~i OPT
RH. CT 50-Kw. Broadcasting Station
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DATE
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,1115 OOCUPENT CIINTAIII5 INIONMATION AFFECTING TII'C NATIONAL OE~ENSE
Al' TIIE UNITED STATES WITHIN lllE IIEANING OF TIIC ESPIONAIC ACT 50
U 5 C.. )I ANU l]. Al AMENDED. ITS TUAIISMISSION ON THE NEVL:eAtION
OFI ITSnCONTENTS NI ANY( MAN'NEN 10 AN UNAUTIIOFIZEO PEI(;o. ISi PNO-
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DATE DI~TR.BFebruary
NO. OF PAGES 1 li
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REPORT ~NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
After several months of'test:) ransmiesions, the new Danish interna~tilonal broad-
casting station was officially inaugurated l October 1948. It is located at Hersted--
veeter on the island of Zealand! about fifteen kilometers west of Copenhagen.] There
is one short-wave transmitter capable of operating on any frequency between 6 and 21
megacycles with a power output of 50 kilowatts to a choice of directional antennas.
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(1)1 Oriented 3010 for North America and Greenland.
(2) Oriented 236? for South America.
(3) Oriented 56? for Australia and the Far East..
Beamings were selected to provide optimum reception tolDanes abroad' who-com-
prise the present intended audience. Antenna #1 is used between the hours 00:00 all
05:30 GMT (daily with the transmitter on 9520 kilocycles. Antenna #2 is not yet in
service, Antenna. #3 was placed 'ILA service on 1 February 1.949 with the transmitter
on 151"5 kilocycles, and is used! Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 10:00 Ito
11:00 GMT.
Frequency changes canlibe a :omplished in lea's than three minutes b-f;an automatic
mechanism with. push-buttonlcontr0. To effect this the transmitter con'struct'ion was
considerably elaborated with! that esultaant equipment reportedly approxl.manting~ three
separate transmitters. Conistvuct~.on was by the Danish firm, Standard Electrilc, Inc.,
in cooperation with its sinter 01 xgaLization in Italy which had experience in build-
ing similar transmitters for the 1Iltalian broadcasting, sye tern..
Full technical details and diiagrams have been supplied' to th U.S Department
of State (TRO) and the Federal Communications Commission as'enclosurea to the un-
classified dispatch +196 dated 5 November 1948 from the American E:ibae y'jin Copenhagen.
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