SIGNAL EQUIPMENT OF THE KVP SIGNAL REGIMENT IN NIEDERLEHME

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• Publication Date: April 26, 1955
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
East Germany
Signal Equipment of the KVP Signal
Regiment in Niederlehme
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MNANIN: OF TITLE 10. SECTIONS 793
AMP 754. OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO ON RECEIPT ET AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
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DATE DISTR. 26 April 1955
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS.IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. In early 1954, radio operators and radio mechanics of the signal 25X1
regiment stationed in Niederlehme were assigned to a special
testing group for new radio sets.' A first lieutenant from the
Ministry of Interior and First Lieutenant Kindermann (fnu), an
officer of Dl-Edo in Niederlehme, were chiefs of the testing
group. Lieutenant Philipp was political officer. the group tested
Soviet made KMM type receivers supplied by the Soviets and type Geo 1,
Geo 2 and Geo 4 type German so-called "Geolo'engeraet@1f (geologists
instruments).
2. The receiver station equipped with 5 Soviet OM type receivers
operating with 10-meter mast antennas and 4-meter rod antennas
was installed in an H 3 A type truck. The unit was difficult to
oi,erate. Lieutenant Kleiner (fnu) was commander in chief of the
receiver station. In April 1954 the unit was transferred to the
Pirna officers school for further experiments.
The type Geo 4 "geologists stations" to be tested in Niederlehme
had been produced by HV RFT (Main Administration for Radio and
Telecommunication Techniques).2 The amplitude modulated transmitter
unit had a power of 50 '"' for telegraphy and of about 10 ; for
telephony. The ,e telegraphic range achieved with the 10-meter
mast antenna was about 150 km and for telephone range about 50 km.
The scale of the transmitter unit carried the numbers 50 to 250
and tree scale of the receiver the numbers 7 to 480. Then multiplied
by 25, these numbers indicated the frequency in kcl. These
instruments were easily and quickly operated. Disadvantages
involved were the fact that the transmitter could not be tur: 1
tuned to the receiver and that the monitoring phase frequently
failed to work.
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For testing purposes one of the Geo
in a Phaenomen Granit-27-type truck
Molotov GAS type truck. 2
Lieutenant Kleiner and Second
charge of these stations. The
2r~ February 1954. The testing
Yi nistry of Interior. The Molo
northern direction to Stralsund,
4 type stations was installed
and another unit in a
utenant Leistner (fnu) were in
and the H 3 A carrying the central r
asted from 2 February to
to Zittau. The mobile stations were in
foll.owine stationary units:
been prepared by the
truck moved in
Phaenomen-^ranit-27
er station moved south
one Geo 4 station located in the inistry of Tnterior
in Berlin
one Geo 4 station under the control of Lieutenant Tichael f.nu
located in Object iTiederlehEle I
two portable receivers located in Object Niederlehrue I.
Aft- were completed, the Geo 4 set installed in tae
:ol eplaced by an RSB type radio set, while the
sect ion remained in the Phaenomen Granit 27.
The central radio A o ' n "ai ederlehme operating under the
command of Second hael es lished radio connections
to TV 1Torth, TV So ee and t ,tsdam. The
connection to the ock and ttbus were
called radio direction 1 and 2 respect fietNork 1
belonged to TV 1-Torth in Pasewal.k, radio networ 'No TV Ooutlr
r: Leipzig and radio network 3 to the K?TPB in. Potsdam. Operating
hours, fred.uencies and the three-digit call signals were changed
every 2q ;yours. No information was obtained on the e,:yui. p.mtent
en1.1 oyed.
on 19 1954,: ,% iwr%ar t ~ And - AM god 11, - AA:
j oftolovee * t#~ae wLti any -Pa s1is rw lector was
the ni stry of Interior. O' other decimeter ion
iiow i wa,, 'orated on 1 ueggelberge observation tower near Berlin.
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List of Radio Equipment of the Signal Regiment in ITiederlehme
Battalion : Telephone and teletype equipment stored in the
signal store of the detachment.
II Battalion : Equipment for the erection of telephone masts and
for the construction of permanent field lines
(FDL-Linien) to TV North in Pasewalk and of
carrier frequency lines (TFc-Linien)
III Battalion:
9th Company: High power radio sets
(radio company) Authorized equipment: Five RAF type sets with a
power of 400 W, Two receiver stations with
KWPM type receivers.
The equipment had not been received by 19 May 1954.
10th Company: Medium and low power equipment to include the types
(radio company)
RSB (F)
RBMMM 1
GEO 2
GEO 1
GEO 4
No figures were available
11 th Com a Type RVG 902 decimeter sets with beam antennas
decimeter produced by RFT Sachsenwerk in Radeberg/Saxony.
company)
ets with parabolic reflectors
12th Company: T;Tpe RVG 9
1, -1000-jlllfi
(decimeter mounted on t, 24 m high.
company)
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KWIai Type Receiver
Dimensions: about 55 cm long, about 35 cm wide and about 20 cm high
Weight 20 to 25 kg
Casing steel sheets, 1.5 to 2 mm thick
The unit was a 13-circuit heterodyne receiver with 17 tubes.
Tubes Soviet type 2 K2M. One set of spare tubes was
attached to each receiver. The unit operated at a
filament voltage of 2 V and an anode voltage of
80 V supplied by two 2.5 NC-batteries and two 40-V
NC batteries. The unit was highly sensitive to
excessive heat.
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i'ortab1.L Receiver Unit of the Signal Re,riment in Niederlehme
The German made receiver unit equipped with eight D 191 type tubes
Nas still in a stage of development and was being tested with
various t,'pes of antennas.
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H 3 A type Truck equipped with Five 171o, Type Receivers, Used as
Central Receiver Station
rhaenomen Granit 27 Type Truck equipped with a GEO 4 Type Trasrnmitter
and Receiver Unit
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Antennas Used by the Signal Regiment Stationed in Niederlehme
Dipole of RBN radio set
".last Antenna, 10 m high, for RSB (7) and GEO 4 type 25X1
radio sets
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Rod antenna, 4 m long, mounted on top of a van by
means of aluminum bayonet clutch
Small antenna mast for portable sets. The mast, 1.8 m
high, was composed of 6 steel rods and carried a star
on top, 60 cm in diameter, punched aluminum.
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Testing of GEO 4 Type Radio Sets During the Period 2 to 25
February 1954.
The units were tested on lines between stationary sets at
Niederlehme and at the Ministry of Interior in Berlin ahd two
mobile stations moving in the direction of Stralsund (Station
North) and in the direction of Zittau (Station South) respectively.
The fundamental frequency was fixed wave 67 i.e. 1,575 kcl.
The collective call signal was "hgh" and the call signals of
the Ministry of Interior were "bfz - Hobelbank." The other
three-digit call signals, frequencies, basic records (radio net
diagram and the tabulation of radio signals) were changed every
day at 2400 hours. The average operating hours lasted from 0800
to 1700 hours.
The following results were obtained by Statioh South:
a. The telephony and telegraphy connection obtained from
Fuerstenwalde/Spree by means of a 4-m rod-antenna was
satisfactory.
b. :Vith the 10-m mast antenna perfect telegraphic connections
were established at Storkow, Beeskow, Lieberose, with
Niederlehme and Station North located between Finow and
Angermuende. First qrm by qra signals. (sic)
c. The reception of radio messages at Spremberg-Hoyerswerda
and Muskau was rated qsa 3 - 4 and qrm 2 - 3. (sic)
The traffic was temporarily disrupted. There was no loss
of equipment, although the dismantling of the mast was very
difficult because the connection sleeves were frozen.
J. On the way to Goerlitz the reception became continuously worse.
Powerful qra signals occurred. Only very garbled messages were
received from Station North located between .ngermaande and
.2renz_lau. Inquiries remained without answer. The monitoring
phase of the Geo 4 station failed. Frequency distortions
or up to 50 kcl were observed.
e. Radio traffic between Loebau and Berlin: qsa 3 at strong '_irm.
Station North was no longer heard.
f. Only fragmentary traffic was obtained at Zittau-Jonsdorf.
(qrm 5 by q4a signals) Station North could temporarily be
heard from Pasewalk.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORI1
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY
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TNIf OOCUMrHT CONTAINS it:tORNA77
ON AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF VMS UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANIPS OF TITLE I9. SECTIONS 793
AND 704. OF THE U. 3. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVSL?
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT SV AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PRON191TE0 0'( LAW TUB RSPRODUCTIOM OP THIS FORM IS PRONISITED.
East Germany DATE DISTR. 26 April 1955
Signal Equipment of the 1WP Signal
Regiment in Niederlehme
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. In early 1954, radio operators and radio mechanics of the signal
regiment stationed in Niederlehme were assigned to a special
testing group for new radio sets.1 A first lieutenant from the
Ministry of Interior and First Lieutenant Kindermann (fnu), mn
officer of Dl-,.do in Niederlehme, were chiefs of the testing
group. Lieutenant Philipp was political officer. The group tested
Soviet made KWM type receivers supplied by the Soviets and type Geo 1,
Geo 2 and Geo 4 type German so-called "GeoloGengeraete" (geologists
instruments).
2. The receiver station equipped with 5 Soviet K','M type receivers
operating with 10-meter mast antennas and 4-meter rod antennas
was installed in an H 3 A type truck. The unit was difficult to
operate. Lieutenant Kleiner (fnu) was commander in chief of the
receiver station. In April 1954 the unit Was transferred to the
Pirna officers school for further experiments.
3. The type Geo 4 "geologists stations" to be tested in Niederlehme
had been produced by HV R?P (Main Adiainistration for Radio and
Telecommunication Techniques).2 The amplitude modulated transmitter
unit had a power of 50 `o for telegraphy and of about 10 W for
telephony. The 11 telegraphic range achieved with the 10-meter
mast antenna was about 150 km and for telephone range about 50 km.
The scale of the transmitter unit carried the numbers 50 to 250
and the scale of the receiver the numbers 7 to 4.80. .hen multiplied
by 25, these numbers indicated the frequency in kcl. These
instruments were easily and quickly operated. Disadvantages
involved. were the fact that the transmitter could not be
tuned to the receiver and that the monitoring phase frequently
failed to work.
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4. For testing purposes one of the Geo 4 type stations was installed
in a Phaenomen Granit-27.type truck and another unit in a
Molotov GAS type truck. 2
Lieutenant Kleiner and Second Lieutenant Leistner (fnu) were in
charge of these stations. The tests lasted from 2 February to
25 February 1954. The testing-program had been prepared by the
Ministry of Iaterior. The Molotov 'CAZ radio truck moved is
northern direction to Stralsund, while the Phaenomen-Granit-27
and the H 3 A carrying the central receiver station moved south
to Zittau. The mobile stations were in connection with the
following stationary units:
one Geo 4 station located in the Ministry of Interior
in Berlin
one Geo 4 station under the control of Lieutenant Michael (fnu)
located in Object Niederlehme I
two portable receivers located in Object Niederlehme I.
After the tests were completed, the Geo 4 set installed in the
Molotov GAZ was replaced by an RSB type radio set, while the
second Geo 4 station remained in the Phaenomen Granit 27? 3
5. The central radio station in Niederlehme operating under the
command of Seeond.Lieutenant Michael established radio connections
to TV North, TV South,-Wk, VP5ee and the KVPJ in Potsdam. The
connection to the HVSee in Rostock and the VdA in Cottbus were
called radio direction 1 and 2 respectively. Radio network 1
belonged to TV North in Pasewalk, radio network 2 to TV South
in Leipzig and radio network 3 to the KVPB in Potsdam. Operating
hours, frequencies and the three-digit call signals were changed
every 24 hours. No information was obtained on the equipment
employed.
0.
On 19 Lly 1954 79 npro.nt of the VY decimeter network had allegedly
been completed. A ternihlal station with nnm narr;bolic reflector was
stationed at Object Hicderl^hme I near the Central Signal 7orkshop
of the Ministry of interior. The or.ly other decimeter station
known was located on Mueggelberge observation tower near Berlin.
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List - of P-4dio e t of the Sigmj- i nt Niedgrlebw
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II _Battalion :
III Battalion:
9th Companys
(radio company)
JO&h CCOMMI s
(radio company)
11thCn Vi
decimeter
company)
12th Comnanys
(decimeter
company)
Telephone and teletype equipment etored,in the
signal store of the detachment.
Equipment for the erection of telephone oasts and
for the construction of permanent field lines
(FDL-Linien) to TV North in Pasewalk and of
carrier frequency lines (TFc-Linien)
High power radio sets
Authorized equipment: Five RAP type sets with a
power of 400 W, Two receiver stations with
KWM type receivers.
The equipment had not been received by 19 1I. 1954.
Medium and low power equipment to include tM types
RSB (F)
BEN 1
GEO 2
GEO 1
GEO 4
No figures were available
Type RVG 902 decimeter sets with beam antennas
produced by RPT Sacheenwerk in Radeberg/Saxony.
Type RVG 903 decimeter sets with parabolic reflectors
mounted on a lattice mast, 24 m high.
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Dimensions about 55 cm long, about 35 cm wide and about 20 cm high
Weight 20 to 25 kg
Casing s. steel sheets, 1.5 to 2 mm thick
The unit was a 13-circuit heterodyne receiver with 17 tubes.
Tubes s
Soviet type 2 K2M. One set of spare tubes was
attached to each receiver. The unit operated at a
filament voltage of 2 P and an .mode voltage of
80 V supplied by two 2.5 NC-batteries and two 40-V
NC batteries. The unit was highly sensitive to
excessive heat.
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Annex 2l I 25X1
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portableW r Unit of the Si
The German made reoeiver unit equipped wi%h eight D 191 type tubes
was still in a stage of development and waa being tested with
various types of antennas.
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Annex 3
We- dwith
Stral Receiver Station
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Annex 4
Dipole of R81 radio set 25X1
Mast Antenna, 10 m high, for RSB (F) and- GEO 4 t'rp~
radio sets
Rod antenna, 4 m long, mounted on top of a van by 25X1
means of aluminum bayonet clutch
Small antenna mast for portable sets. The meet, 1.8 m 25X1
high, was composed of 6 steel rode and carried a star
on top, 60 cm in diameter, punched aluminum.
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Annex 5
ZUtIng of AND A T1132 the 2 o 2
Feb~ruarsr 1254.
The units were. tested on lines between stationary sets at
Niederlehme anCst the Ministry of Interior in Berlin and two
mobile stations moving in the- direction of Stralsund (Station
North) and in the'direction of Zittau (Station South) respectively.
The fundamental frequency was fixed wave 67 i.e. 1,575 kol.-
The dtflleetivd cii1 signal was "hgh" and the call signals of
the Ministry of Interior were "bfz - Hobelbank." The other
three-digit call signals, frequencies,, b4oic records (radio net
dirt ? and ,the- tabul$tie~o of, rs4io signals) wev%*h&*ge . ereq
da4 at-2400 Louref-!he avore -o rating hours lasted from OPOO
to 017b hourin .
The following+ reeulte' wdhe obtained bb Station South:
a. Thb- telephony and.teiearacy--eonn0aWn obtained from
Faeratenwalde/Sproe by means of a 4?m;rod-antenna was
eatisfe.ctbrq. .
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b." With the 10-m mast tenna lwei*ar iral.egra conuectiq
were established, at ?StorkoR,, Beeako 0 ebe"e,;~with
Niederleh4pe fisortd Station North, located betweea.Fia o* and
Angermuende. First qrm by qra sy4P2a1e (sic)
c . ? The rerceptio of -radio messa?ea at *premberg-8q,y erewerda
and Muskau% was rated goa.3 4- 4 m qrm 2 - 3.,r(eio)
The traffic- nss? temporarily. L 1 e, was no loss
df equipment; although the. 4gpantluv of the, past was veil"
difficult beoauseprtl s ?conneation a ewves were,f dozen.
d. On the way to ?Goer4itz the reception became cppntinu,,,,Q~aslyr worse.
Powerful qra signals oeourred. Qnly. very g rbled messages were
received from Station North located between Angermuende and
tPrenzlau. Inquiries remained without answer. The monitoring
phase of tbe.Geo 4 station failed. Frequency distortions
of?up?to 50 kol were observed. ,e 6
e. Radio traff 14 betwefin. yoabau jnd Berlin:, qsa., 3 at strong qrm.
Station North was no Jong*; heard, , ?
f. Only fragmentary traffic was obtained at Zittau-Jonedorf.
(qrm 5 by qqa signals) Station North could temporarily be
beard f rem, Pasewalk. . ,, V
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