for Eniwetok on 8 MarOh. Normal OTC aommunimtims ad VHF RTTY/voioe CURTISS and ALBEMARLB were estab- oircuita between the MT. MCX~yS lished in addition to the HF duplex RITY oirauit to Pearl Harbor. l%e normal OTC.cmmnuniaatima inoluded a taati-1 Yoioe cirauit to air oraft whioh were aoting as reoomaiss-oe for the f= OS. The MT. MCKINLEY also oopied the Guam NPN5/ApA RF RTTY wmathor tranemlsaion, On 10 Maroh, an HF duplex RTTY oirouit was establishedbetween MT. MOKINLEY and Jont Relay Station, Eni-tok, for teat purposes and alternate routing as required. A practioe S1GTOT oonferenoewas held betmen Joint Relay Station, Eniwetok and the MT. MCXINLEY,but proved unaatisfaotory due to differenass in prooedure. These differences were subsequentlyironed out upon arrlmd ●t Mhetok. When the MT. MCKIl?LEYma approximately 50 miles away from Eniwetok, VHF RT’TTand voloe aomuniaationa were attempted with the Joint Relay Statim. This was in aoaordanoewi~ predous arrange- ments made by mea sage. Caemaunioat ions am VEF ohannela were not established until the MT. MCKINLEY was about 5 milea from the shore station. It was later determined that the failure to establiah lnitial oontaot on the VBF RTTY and voioe ohannelawaa “dueto variation between the antenna ●yatema of the MT. MCKINLEY and Joint Relay Station, Eniwetok. It was ultimately deoided to employ vertically polarized antennae. This, In additim to the seleotion of new frequencies (to 104 Seotion XI “