9.4.3 Mardtack Operation Plao yp Personnel and equigment were transferred ta the provirg ground in tine to begin assembly and check-out about 35 days before the Teak shot. The re- ceiving trailer was mowed from Bikini to Johnston Island, and all its elec- tronic equipment was checked out. Ismediately following check-out of the trailer, instrumentation rocket telemeters were brought into the trailer for setup and calibration. As noose cones were completed, they were assembled in the missiles and the latter were erected on their launchers. Seweral signal dry ruas were conducted before shot dsy to assure proper operation of the systems. Sufficient equipment was taken into tne field to support two Teak shots. keFERENCES 1. Brumley, F. B., and Schultheis, T. M., The Doorknob Widebaod Telemeterizg System, SCTM 3+3-61(T2), Sandia Corporation, to be published. 2. Glass, R. E., A Wideband Microwave Link for Telemetering, SCI 15¢-57(52), 3. kh. Sandia Corporation, March 25, 1957. Pace, T. L., Crawley, T. ¥., and Hansen, V. W., The MIDOT Systen, SCIM 76-58(52), Sandia Corporation, December 12, 1958. Elliott, G. P., Kennedy, B., Grau, D., Operstion of Missile Carrier for Very-High-Altitude Nuclear Detonation, WI-1657, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, May 20, 1959. 3<5 B27