PAGE 2 RHWNEAAG@3@ UNCLAS PHASE 4 SAMPLING SOILS ON NORTHERN HALF OF YVONNE BEGINS WITH INDOCTRINATION AND TRAINING, ON 31 JANUARY PRACTICE SUIT UP WITH BACKHOE OPERATOR. PHOTOS TAKEN OF THESE PRACTICE OPERATIONS WITH A MOCK UP OF DIGGING A PIT ON FRED. TwO BACKHOE OPERATORS AND TwO BACKHOES AARE AVAILABLE FROM SANTEC. THE RADIO OPERATOR/TECH. LEFT ON THE MAC FLIGHT THE AFTERNOON OF 31 JANUARY. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, BOTH THE PRIMARY AND BACKUP, WENT OUT ON THE MORNING OF 1 FEBRUARY. WE HAVE HAD ONLY THE HAM AND SATELLITE SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL SINCE THAT TIME. ON 1 FEBRUARY THE TEAMS STAKED OUT THE ARRAY FOR A 16° X 18° FIDDLER SURVEY FOR HOT SPOTS IN THE QUINCE AREA TO EXTEND ABOUT 60° EACH SIDE OF QUINCE GZ. ON 2FEBRUARY THE FIDDLER SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED. THE SOIL SAMPLES aT EACH OF THE TWO TLD LOCATIONS ON SOUTH YVONNE WERE COLLECTED. ON 3 FEBRUARY THE TEAM LOCATED AND MARKED THE SOIL PIT LOCATIONS STARTING JUST NORTH OF THE BUNKER/TOWER AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE QUINCE GZ AREA. ON 4 FEBRUARY THE TEAM CONSTRUCTED THE DECON SHOWER FACILITY AND THE HOT LINE THAT IS TO CONTROL ENTRY AND EXIT FROM NORTH YVONNE. TwO ADDITIONAL H P°S ARRIVED THIS DATE, LYNCH AND MYERS, PLUS THE he a JO011 18