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CHAPTER II, SECTION 3
STATIONS:
PURPOSE:
SITES:
USER:

3112.01 thru 3112.03
Microbarograph Stations
Rongerik, Wotho and
Ujelang Atolls
31.1 (Sandia Corp.)

PARTICIPATION: All

These stations were 8-man tents, one each
at the above three Atolls. User-furnished cable
was run in two directions on the ground from
the User-furnished recording equipment in the
tents to the detector heads.
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STATION:
PURPOSE:
SITE:
USER:

3025
Antenna Array
Elmer
30.2 (Sandia Corp.)

PARTICIPATION: 24

This station consisted of a standard floor
flange on one leg of existing tower Station
1518; one 37 conductor cable and five %-inch
coaxial cables extended from this location to a
trailer on the ground. A User-furnished antenna
array was installed on the floor flange at the
85-foot level of the tower. Power requirements
were 3 KW, 110/208-volt, 3-phase.
STATION:
PURPOSE:
SITE:
USER:
PARTICIPATION:
CONSTRUCTION:

3110
Microbarograph Station
Oboe
31.1 (Sandia Corp.)
All Bikini Events
4-6-56/4-27-56

Station 3110 consisted of rehabilitating
CASTLE Station 102 and installing a Userfurnished 34 KW generator.
STATION:
3111
PURPOSE:
Microbarograph Station
SITE:
Fred
USER:
31.1 (Sandia Corp.)
PARTICIPATION: All Eniwetok Events
CONSTRUCTION: 3-12-56/4-10-56
This station was two User-installed units
placed one mile apart on the ocean side of Fred.
A User-furnished direct burial signal cable was
laid underground between the two units. An
8-man tent was erected which contained four
center lights, full length work benches, and
four duplex outlets with romex wiring at each
side.

STATIONS:
PURPOSE:

SITES:

7411.01 thru 7411.09,

7412 and 7413
Air Target Lights

Sally, Ruby, Pearl, Janet,
Yvonne, Irene, Tare and
Charlie
USER:
TU 7.4
PARTICIPATION: thru 7, 18, 19, 22 thru 24
CONSTRUCTION: 4-15-56/6-6-56
These stations were ground target lights
forming a cross with each leg 400 feet long
and 90 degrees apart. Three 150-watt spotlight
lamps were placed on a wooden base on the
ground and spaced at 50’ centers along each
leg of the cross. A User-furnished radar reflector was installed near the center of each target
array. Stations 7412 and 7413 were identical
to the 7411 series except that each station contained a spotlight board at the target center
and Station 7413 was 270 feet long on each
leg. Power for all stations was furnished from
each island supply by using a 9 KVA transformer, with the exception of Stations 7411.09
and 7412 which required a 10 KW engine
generator. Timing signals turned off the lights
at minus 5 seconds. A total of 3 cubic yards
of concrete was poured for Stations 7411.01
thru .09 and Station 7412.
STATIONS:
PURPOSE:
SITES:
USER:
PARTICIPATION:
CONSTRUCTION:

7414.01 thru 7414.04
Air Target Light Arrays
Zero Barges
TU-4
10 thru 15
5-1-56/6-25-56

These stations were twenty-six 150-watt
flood lamps spaced evenly around the perimeter
of the wooden handrail atop each bargestation
roof. In addition, a 10-foot high steel pipe
was installed to support a User-furnished rotating beacon light. A User-furnished radar reflector was installed behind the target lights
on a small roof deck of the barge. Power was
supplied from the barge generators.
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