Gap Filler Detail

1960 – National Archives of Canada

10-36-80/5 V 1

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE
MINUTE SHEET

Referred to: A/CCE

Minute (4)

Queries raise in Min (1) as well as those posed in your 10-36-80/5 (JDPG) 14 Oct 60 have been placed on the agenda of the Communications and Electronics Technical Implementation Meeting for the 14 Nov 60. A copy of the agenda has been attached for your convenience. Eng 5-5 will attend the above meeting where he will be given the opportunity to personally present CCE problems.

(KP Likeness) G/C,
ATSC
20144

S949-108 (ATSC)

Ottawa Ont
7 Nov 60

Commander
GEEIA Systems Management Office
Room 276 #4 Temporary Bldg
56 Lyon Street
Ottawa, Ontario

C&E Technical Implementation Group - Agenda

Agenda items for the meeting of 14 Nov 60 are submitted as follows:

  1. RCAF adaptation of FPS-7, FPS-26 and FPS-27 tower designs to Canadian Standards - procedures for arranging for GEEIA concurrence.

  2. Scale of UFA-35 Consoles at CADIN sites - 4602nd message E-6219 recommends reduction from 5 to 4.

  3. Requirements for the video enhancer GLA-8, provision by GEEIA of complete details such as weight, size, power and voltage.

  4. Equipment configuration in the FPS-27 tower - arrangements for supply of information.

  5. SAGE Annex - Concurrence of GEEIA of the Stage I and Stage III building design.

  6. DMCC & SAHF
    1. presentation of RCAF-approved preliminary equipment layouts.

    2. presentation of GEEIA standard equipment layuts.

  7. RCAF Standard GATR Building - GEEIA concurrence.

  8. Removal of antenna poles at sites where the GATR building is being located at an existing Tx or Rx site - C7, C15, C20, C21, C34 and C36.

  9. Detailed power, building and equipment requirements for the Gap-Filler Radar - App "A" itemizes typical queries that require resolution

RCAF/CCE personnel have requested that GEEIA Gap Filler personnel be made available for detailed consultation on 15 Nov 60. This Headquarters feels that personal discussion between GEEIA and RCAF/CCE design personnel is required in order that errors and engineering changes may be kept to a minimum.

WE Johnston
Wing Commander
for Chief of the Air Staff

APPENDIX "A"
TO S949-108 (ATSC)
7 Nov 60

  1. What is the maximum floor loading and the design floor loading for the Gap Filler Building?

  2. What is the maximum weight per foot of the combined cable and cable troughing?

  3. Will the equipment be duplex or simplex?

  4. What is the heat dissipation, power and voltage requirements for each item of equipment?

  5. Will the heat exchanger remain the same size and will it be part of the electronic equipment, ie, (GFE)?

  6. Will the air intake louvers remain the same size and will they be part of the building, ie, (supplied by RCAF)?

  7. Confirm that the RCAF provide the diesel generators and control equipment for the generators.

  8. Clarify the distinction between reliable and non-reliable power and the requirements for one, two and three generators.

  9. Discuss the possibility of having the towers erected while heavy construction equipment is still on site.

  10. What are the communications requirements at sites with and without forestry facilities?