PORTABLE SOVIET RADIO TELEPHONE, R-109 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF, INCLUDING SKETCH

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP80T00246A042100400001-9

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December 22, 2016

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September 16, 2010

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May 9, 1958

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REPORT

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP80T00246AO42100400001-9 INFORMATION REPORT FORMATION REPORT CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L COUNTRY USSR DATE OF INFO. PLACE & DATE ACQ. SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. 50X1-HUM A report, with sketch, of the Soviet ortable radio R--109 STATE I #X ARMY NAVY IX AIR W (Note: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "#".) RD ~~ 50X1-HUM NSA FORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP80TOO246AO42100400001-9 50X1-HUM Portable Soviet Radio Telephone, R-109 DATE DISTR. 9 Ma 1958 V14~.U 4RQt S t- NO. PAGES ,li e 0? Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP80T00246AO42100400001-9 RADIO TELEPHONE (R-109), PORTABLE SOVIET SIGNAL EQUIPMEI .' A. R-109 and t-106 RADIO TELEPHONE SETS (See Annex A 1. General DescripL~on the R-109 radio telephone met 2. as being a small 6brt- able one-man, pack type radio transceiver. 2. DetailedCharaoterietios The not was about 40 am wide, 55 cm high and about 19 am thick. one-and-one-half meters long and about two to three kilometers. Pa..w -44.4..r.s a< 44. voltage which was inserted from the top. During gperation of the set there was a persistent wavering buzz or hum in the headset. batteries for this set being recharged but not being rown away. When the microphone and headset-were not in use they were placed in a compartment in the top of the set which was adjacent to the battery. compartment. The set was placed in transmitting position when a button on the microphone was pushed. When the button was released the set was in receiving position. F weight at about 25 kg. It used a whip-type collapsible antenna about 50X1 -HUM would communicate over a distance of 1 the frequency seleotor switch had The set was operated with a battery of unknow 50X1-HUM Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP80T00246AO42100400001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP80T00246AO42100400001-9 DUA i -huIVI the "Tantal" border warning system as consisting of a thin wire, abcit one millimeter in diameter* stretched the length of the border it, is intended to guard, and connected to a "switchbogrd" 50X1-HUM (kommutator)0 The wixe was of the same color as the, immediate surroundings, fbr camouflage purposes and was placed about two-thirds of a meter above the groin. when the wire was touched an unknown kind of alarm was froi# the front or back of the wire. Z , , "Ir4 ~ -/Je; -~ 7 i~ a /- X1-HUM Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP80T00246AO42100400001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP80T00246AO42100400001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/11/04: CIA-RDP80T00246AO42100400001-9