Civil Defense Systems: Social Impact and ... - The Black Vault

UNCLASSIFiEDDOC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY SEARCH CONTROL NO. /ZMML7AU-647 -OU 18/N 15/3 1GAUTNEY AND jONES COMMUNICATIONS INC WASHINGTONs D CINSTALLATION AND TESTING OF AN AUTOMATIC . OTERADIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM. (U)DESCRIPTIVE NOTE: FINAL NEPT.,jUL 66 127P HARRIESWILLIAM So |mETZLER9ROBERT Et ILA*SONsMELVIN Ee s JR;RLpTo NO* TR-66.020|0O03UNCLASSIFIEDREPORTODtScRIPTORS; (*RADIATION MONITORS, AUTOMATIC),TELEMETER SYSTEMS, CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS, DATATRANSMISSION SYSTEMS# REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEMS (U)AN AUTOMATIC REMOTE RADIOLOGICAL MONITORINGSYSTEM OHICH WAS DEVELOPED aAS INSTALLED IN ACOMMUNITY AND TESTED FOR OPERATIONAL CHARACTERiSTICS.THE SYSTEM AS DELIVERED WAS CAPABLE OF BEINGOPERATEO VIA LANDLINE TELEMETRY LINKS BUTCONSIDERABLE ENGINEERING EFFORT WAS REQUIREo TOEFFECT AN INTERFACE WITH A VHF RADIO LINK.EXTENSIVE MODIFICATION OF BOTH THE BASE $TATION ANDREMOTE STATION TRANSCEIVERS AS *ELL AS lliL MONITORINGEQUIPMENT WAS PERFORMED* WHEN THE RADIO TELEMETRYPROBLEMS HAD BEEN SOLVED, THE SYSTEM WAS DEPLOYED INMONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND. WHICH COMPRISES ANAREA OF APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED SQUARE MILES.THE UNITS AERE INSTALLED ON COUNTY SCHOOLPROPERTIES DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTYt ANDTHE DEPLOYMENT PATTERN INCLUDES PATH LENGTHS RANGINGFROM THREE AND ONE HALF TO FIFTEEN AND ONE HALF MILESOVER ROLLING TERRAIN* TELEMETRY MODES SUCCESSFULLYEMPLOYED IN THE INSTALLATION INCLUDE TWO VHF SINGLEFREQUENCY RADIO LINKSj SIX STANDARD LEASED LANDLINELINKS, ONE COMBINATION LEASED LANDLINE - BELLSYSTEM AUDIO CARRIER LINK AND ONE COMBINATIONLEASED LANDLINE - DUPLEX MICROWAVE LINK. THESYSTEM IS NO OPERATIONAL AND IS CURRENTLY BEINGEVALUAtED, UNDER A SEPARATE CONTRACT, FOREFFECTIVENESS IN ITS PRESENT FORM AND FORIMPROVEMENTS IN RELIABILITY AND OPERABILITY THAT MAYBE INCORPORATED IN FUTURE SYSTEMS. (AUTHOR) (U)92UNCLASSIFIED/ZML?7