detgMation of the high altit dé device all high frequency sky wave radio orbpagation was lost. No contact with Hickam Airways was possible and considerable difficulty was encountered in passing information to and from aircraft within range of ground wave signals due to the high atmospheric noise level, The HF equipment on the USS BOXER was World War II type equipment and could only radiate 100 watts of RF. This low power was not considered adequate for the net control station for dependable aircraft control. Communications facilities in the EPG fall into two (2) distinct categories. They are, first the permanent facilities that remain operational throughout the interim period such as control tower point to point and the homer at Eniwetok. Island faciliities, Eniwetok GCA, TACAN. In the second_area are weather To establish the facilities in the second category the material and manpower of the lst AACS Mobile Squadron located at Johnson Element, AFB, Japan were used by the A&CS Communications This organization mst maintain a mobile capability and is well suited to establish these facilities on a mission basis, The AN/USQ-12 air control system functioned without any major difficulty and was able to present and record by means of scope photographs of aircraft positions for all tests at Emiwetok. The USS BOXER although lacking in dependable high frequency radio voice communications maintained UHF and IFF contact with aircraft participating in Bikini Events, The Eniwetok outside cable plant is in need of complete fehabilitation. The increasing demands for telephone and intercommmication service has far exceeded the number of operational cable pairs particularly in areas adjacent to the airstrip. 132 ns 2 APaL/HO n te