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March 31 Monday. Alamogordo. Chantz, Bill Godbee and Ace went out to E. White Sands and
Tularosa sites to make final setups. Sal, Edmondson, Peoples amd I went out to Dona site
this pm and moved tent and Rubicon to #3 position and set up low frequency apparatus
April 1 Tues V2 Rocket #22 went off at 1310 this pm. Chantz and Don at Tularosa, Godbee
and Peoples at East White Sands, Sal and Edmondson at Dona, Porter and I at Lucero. All
4 stations got good recordings though low frequency instrument at Dona did not work out.
April 2 Wed. Peoples, Major Magnur?, Thompson and myself went over to Lt Col:·McKenson's
office this am regarding bombing ~uns~ There are many difficulties with the bombing here,
mostly that so many new groups have moved in and are setting up on the northern? range.
Thompson and I went overto see Major Mitchell this pm regarding same matter. Wrote memo
regarding proposed work to take to CO tomorrow. Peoples left on B-17 today. Don and Bill G
went to Dona and Launching Area sites am and got all loose wires. Don and Bill E went to
East White Sands and Tularosa pm and got inventory and brought back Rubicon and tent from
Tularosa. \forked on East Hhite Sands record. V2 made 8 5 peaks - down course. Porter worked
on calculations pm. Sal and Edmondson took complete inventory and this pm worked on low
frequency equipment.
April J Thurs. Oliva and Edmondton on low frequency equipment. All T-21s changed over to
Stds. Edmonton and Bill G went out to Lucero and Dona, got inventory and brought back
tent from Lucero.
April 4 Fri~ Reynolds and I went out to Osurso? Range and located PB1 bombing range. Set
up wires and did surveying. Chantz and Porter on computations April 1
April 5 Sat Alamogordo.
April 6 Sun. Checked clocks. Cleaned out hanger and emptied trash out at East White Sands
April 7 Mon Talked to Pritchard re )rd car for tomorrow. Gave him memo of progress report
for MOGUL project to date, talked to Lt Dyer of Signal Corps regarding for tomorrow
firing. Chantz and Bill went out to Tularosa and got that site ready. All equipment checked
for tomorrow. Edmondston and Reynolds ran drum recording of McCurdy low frequency equip-
ment at base. Porter and I worked on amplitudes and frequencys of all recordings April 1
firing and started calculations. Olive worked on calibration of GR8 recorder attenuation.
Got 3rd vehicle and all trip tickets for tomorrow.
April 8 Tues. Ace and I went out 7 am to Osarco site. Arrived 9 and set up radio and T-21s.
Rocket due at 11, delayed until 1710. Very windy then, all settings at 8. Ran J rolls but
nothing came in. Chantz at Tulerosa alone - Godbee and Reynolds at East ~fhite Sands - Oliva
and Edmonston at Dona - all sites windy but J closest ones got some signals.
April 9 Wed. Worked on yesterday's records. Made picks on Dona, East White Sands and Tularos;
Found nothing on Oscuro site recordings. Don and Bill G went out to East White Sands site
and took recordings with pistonphone to get GRJ attenuation calibration. Sal Olive left this
pm for San Diego. Wrote letters to Vivian and Jim p tonight.
April 10 Thurs. Ace and Phil worked on rocket recordings. - azimuths vs elevation angles.
Don-.and I went out to Tulaarosa Range and checked bombing sites - bombing range just north
of Range Camp and another site between that and our Tularosa site. Triangulated in with
Tularoas Peak, etc·. Thompson left in 45 for East. Godbee and Edmondson went with him.
April 11 Fri. Don and I went out past Tularosa Site looking for bombing sites. Went back
to Air to Ground Range and to air strip. Chantz and Porter working on calculations V2 23
and T-21 calibrations.
April 12 Sat_. Alamogordo Air Base
April 13 Sun. ~orked on formula for triangulation without using compass - Alamogordo Air Bas
April 14 Mnn: Porter, Chantz and I worked on GRJ and GR8 calibration curves for frequency
and attenuation settings. Don worked around equipment - Don, Ace and Bill got apartments
at air base. Wrote letters to Vivian and Eileen tonight.
April 15 Tues Alamogordo. B-29 arrived today - Lt Ball, McCurdy, Woodruff and MOGUL pers-
onnel - 41493: Lewis, Wolk, Burnhoff, Adams, Duff • Worked some on instrument calibrations.
Lewis, Ball and I checked with Major Pritchard, then to Major Mitchell's office regarding
bombing sites. Mitchell said CO had turned down bombing from air, but we could have surface
charges along Tularosa road. \·lent up in AT-6, light plane with Capt Runcraft and looked over
area west of Tularosa as far as the mountains, where bombing sites are to be located.
April 16 Wed. Alamogordo. Chantz and Reynolds out to East White Sands and Tularosa sites
to check GRJ equipment for tomorrow. Porter and McCurdy working on low frequency equipment
for '!2 tomorrow. 1o/oodruff, Ball, Work and I went out to Dona site then to Launching Area
site. Strung out wires and left equipment for tomorrow's firing. McCurdy working tonight
on low freq. Oliva in from San Diego this pm