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Programs

Program Theta

1958-1963 LIM-band communications and signal intelligence.

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Scope

1958-1963 LIM-band communications and signal intelligence. Transitioned the agency’s field teams from improvised AM-band receivers to purpose-built LIM-band sets. Authored the first standardized transmission-log format.

Partner agencies (fictional)

  • Department of Defense (signals intelligence liaison)
  • Navy electronics lab (receiver calibration)
  • Stanford Research Institute (antenna design — historical cooperation framing)

Milestones

See Timeline for canon-aligned dates. Program offices closed with the 1963 transition to Program Lambda.

Personnel

Calibration records retained under federal signals-intelligence schedule.