European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Officials inspect Lank where Coble to be used on missile Range undergoes tests. Repeater units to be submerged with Cable Are being sealed in pressure vessels. By Peter a. Foley staff writer submarine Cable goes Down Range i l i dots Lection of Cable. With the laying of the 800-Milelubmarlne Cable for the Atlantic mis Nlle Range thin summer two important firsts will be accomplished in the communications Field. This Andersen line which will tie in with the Cape canaveral grand Turk link will for the first time provide 60 two Way Chan Nels for voice and Telegraph alg nals. The new Cable will run Between grand Turk and Antigua with a relay station at Ramey air Force base puerto Rico. The United states undersea Cable corp. Hus the 16 million air Force contract but it s associate German firm of Folten and Guilleaume will do the Job. . Farm products will be used As pay ment for tying in this vital link the first major . Communications contract to be paid for with bartered goods. The reason for Cable links is simple. Wire less communications even in the most and Van Rod equipment Are subject to atmospheric disturbances. Cables Eire immune to these interferences. When a voice Contact is Good Between an orbiting Witel Lite and an Emirth station some operator will say reception is  the heart of the Cable in the Copper renter conductor in Euard with polyethylene overlapped by narrow strips of Copper tape. This is Ull Tomt in needed to Complete the i Lecuit but this Core must be Able to with stand compressive and tensile strains to which it is subjected during laying operations and prolonged immersion. Therefore added layers of Copper steel and jute Ore needed to protect the line. To guard against microbiological attack a second layer of Copper tape covers the Core. Two layers of jute Are applied next to prevent damage by cutting action of the steel Armor. The Armor is made of High tensile steel to withstand the Strain of handling at great Depths. As the Cable Mars the Shore More jute and Armor is wound on the Cable to achieve weight and substance in order to withstand Wear and damage fishing bouts Caune the most Daman to cables said Charles h. Ringer vice president of , under peas Cable their drag tines can Snag and twist the Coble which Means in expensive repair  until the 1950m. Undersea Telephone cables were usually limited to whorl distances find were Laid in shallow Wyntur. With the development and inclusion of submerged re pent Era As on integral part of the Cable transoceanic links were made possible. The repeaters that wire Laid with cables 12 years ago Are still operating. They Hava a life expectancy of 20 yearn with a Poten tial of 100  Singer said. Each component of the i mile Range re Peaters is tested under the most severe conditions. An example is the vacuum or Electron tube within the unit. These tubes Are maniac turd in France by the european Telephone tube co. Another firm in partnership with Felten and Guilleaume be fore they arc shipped to Germany these tubes Are Bench tested for 4,000 hours. In the modern Felten and Gull legume Plant in Cologne Germany operating room cleanliness is a must. White gowned technicians who Wear Caps gloves and special shoes assemble the 1,000-Pound repeater amplifier units in rooms where temperature and moisture Are automatically controlled. All electrical connections in the repeater Are soldered with Silver and the unit is encased in a Gold plated housing. The Repenter and amplifying units Ore then sealed in a steel Case in As near a vacuum As is scientifically possible. Throughout the Assembly Many checks Are made to ensure there Are no deviations from predetermined standards. It will take 40 repeater amplifier units for the grand Turk Antigua link one for every 17 � Miles of Cable. Four spares will by stored in Csc of a breakdown. Cost of Crich unit is $35.000. Repeaters and Cable Are joined atthe Felten and Guilleaume sen port factory in no Denham Germany. In the missile Range Cable there will be two sections. Enough Cable and repeaters will be spliced together and stored in the ship to stretch from grand Turk to puerto Rico. A second continuous length will reach from puerto Rico to Antigua. Germany s deep water Cable ship Neptune is scheduled to be loaded in May and Start laying operations to july. Barring unforeseen problems the communication tie in with Cape canaveral should be completed in september. Part of the new Cable will lie on Ocean Bottom More than four Miles beneath the surface. Once the operation begins it will not Stop regardless of sea or weather conditions till the Shore end is reached. Speed of the ship will be from three to eight knots. The selected Cable route is followed u accurately As the ship s facilities and Lech no of will allow. Radar. 1.oran. Several devices for sounding and even television Are used in lowering the new Cable. Eventually. The air Force Hopes to extend the Cable the length of the Range. Into the Indian Ocean. By then an improved Cable with repeaters using transistors in place of vacuum tubes and capable of trans mitting 24h two Way conversations May be used. Ofay a 1963 the stars and stripes Poge 13