one on the lst and one on the 26th, Communications-wise, both
~
were successful.
Two men, or. tech controller and one miltiplex
meintenance technician, were assigned duty on the USS Estes for
the period 12 ~ 27 March.
Circuit J 401.
They did much to reduce the outage on
Because of their success, it is now contemplated
that two men will be stationed on the Estes during all shot perfods.
Assignment of personnel to this duty will be handled on a
rotating besis, with .. change after each shot.?
Message traffic handling in the Communications Center has
remained fairly constant, as indicated by the following breakdown,
by circuit, of messagep sent and received;
Circuit
Msgs Sent
Msgs Rec'd
J 400
2300
6818
J 403
None
9021
J 406
142
J 401
J 405
J 411
Arny Landline
9635
2080
57
1589
=
~~ .
839
1051
_
—
1790
2544
3399
Circuit Outage was slightly higher than for the month of
February, as evidenced by the following outage chart, showing
hours outage on the receive side of circuits operated:
Circuit
J 400
J 401
J 403
J 405
“~ J 406
J 41
3.
Channel
Qutage:m Receive Side
2
2
147:15
283:35
B/A
N/A
7339
15:53
N/A
41:35
N/A
Staff Visit on Coordination.
None
For the period 16 - 21 March,
3Ltr, ComOff to Conér, Corm Elm, Subj: Trip Report to the Estes
(Lt Young), dated 26 har 54 (Confidential).
Attached as Exhibit C.
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