Chapter 2

EXPERIMENT DESIGN
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INSTRUMENTATION

The equipment consisted principally of automatic vertical-incid-

ence ionosphere recorders, Model ©-2 and Model C~3, similar to each
other in performance. The location of each of these recorders and its

approximate distance from Bikini are indicated on a map (Fig. 2.1).
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In the Marshall. Islands
& Model C-2 recorder was operated in a van locate? on Site Elmr

(Eniwetok Atoll).

A Hodel Ce3 recorder was operated in a van located

near the southwestern end of Eniwetak Island, Rongerik dtoil.
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At Distant Locations

Existing distant stations, which are part of a world-wide syetem, from which data were obtained for this report were the National
Bureau of Standards stations on Guam and Maui and the Signal Corps
stations on Okinawa and Adak.

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Each of these stations uses either a C-2

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SECRET

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