COMBIEIAL : detonation of the high altitude device all high frequency sky wave radio propagation 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 equipmentand 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 facilities, Eniwetok GCA, TACAN. In the second area are weather « To establish the facilities 3 in the second category the material and manpower of the lst AACS Motile Squedron iocated at Johnson Eiemer.t, AFB, Japan were used by the AACS Cormurications This orgerization mist maintein a mobile capability and is | well suited to establish these facilities on a rission basis. Tne AN/USQ-12 air control system functioned without any maies difficulty and was able to present and record by neans cf scape protseraphs cf airsraft positicns for all tests at Eniwetok, Tne USS BOXER e-though lackirg in dependabie high frequency rasio voice comiunications mainteined UHF and IFF contact with aircraft participating in Bixini Events. The Eniwetok outside cable plant isin need of complete rehabilitation, The increasing demands for telephone and intercomminication service has far exceeded the number of operational cable pairs particularly in erees adjacent to the airstrip, he copIED/DOE LANL RC 132 Lag2/oae /52