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The transmitting and receiving antennas and the ground plane were in mutual
perpendicular planes with the plane of the transmitting antenna oriented 53°
to the east of magnetic north.
Ionosphere recorder site (C-97 eircraft)
Same as for Rongerik and Kusaie, except that a C~3 lonosphere
recorder was used.
This recorder is the same as the C-2, except for a few
modifications and improvements.
The transmitting antenna in the C-97 was a single wire delta
fastened to the lateral extremities of the tail assembly.
METHOD OF OP=ZRATION
Kusate
lémm camera:
Routine until H-5 hours and 16 minutes; thence
continuous until H+18 hours and 44 minutes; thence routine.
35mm camera:
Routine until H-15 minutes; thence once a minute
until H+8 hours; thence routine.
Rongerik
Routine until H-15 minutes; thence once per minute until E+8 hours,
thence routine,
C97
Routine operation until H-15 minutes using 30 second sweep; thence
continuous until approximately H+5 hours,
RESULTS
All stations operated successfully for this shot,
Recorded data from all stations will not be available for review until
a later date,
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