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Project €,4 - Determination of Characteristics of Airborne Flush Mounted

Antennas and Photo Tubes for Yield Determination at Extended
Ground~to~Air Ranges - A. J. Waters

OBJECTIVES
To determine the effectiveness of flush mounted airberne antennas
and phototubes at various ground-to-alr ranges in detecting characteristi:
low frequency electromagnetic radiation and visible radiation, respectively.
To determine the temporal and amplitude characteristics of the low

frequency electromagnetic radiation at various ground-to-air ranges,
To determine the temporal and intensity characteristios of visible

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radiation at various ground-to-air ranges,

To determine the effecta of ambient conditions upon the satisfactory
measuremert of the parameters specified in the first two items,

INSTRUMENTATION
2 fiducial antennas

2 scope cameras

1 synchronizer

1 sequence camera

2 photoheads

1 recorder

2 DuMont Scopes (1 a dual beam, 1 a sirgle beam)

TECHNIQUE
Signal is received by antenna fed through an amplifier and then to
the scope,

The signal is then photographed,

directly to the recorder,

Photchead output is led

The sequence oamera photographs the blast directly

for use in correlation of previous data.

Distance was approximately

434 miles,

SNL

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