of the tower and placing a twenty-two foot wooden antenna mast atop
the 100 foot tower.
Seismograph Stations (Parry Island).
Two stations were placed
on the island as far apart as was possible geographically.
azimuth to Runit Zero tower was computed.
The
Both stations were tied
into the Control Station by ditched two conductor wire, involving
about 7800 feet of ditching.
Drone Operation Requirements (Eniwetok Island).
The drone
operation requirements consisted of a radiochem laboratory, drone
arrestor gear and parking slots and drone control installations.
The work on the radiochem laboratory consisted of rehabilitating an existing Quonset hut, installing work benches, utility outlets,
generators and a water supply.
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The drone arrestor gear consisted of a series of ditches across
the north end of the main runway and also required installation of a
series of deadmen on the side of the runway for the attachment of
nylon ropes.
To protect parked planes from drones out of control,
four barricaded parking slots were constructed.
Drone control installations involved the construction of a drone
control platform, two searchlight platforms, rehabilitation of a
Quonset for an electronics lab, marking of the airstrip center line,
marking a twenty foot wide caution strip across the runway and marking
of taxi-ways on the apron.
AEC Vault (Eniwetok Island).
A reinforced vault for temporary
storage of the weapon was constructed.
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