AOAK'S U.S, A?.MY
PROPAGATION STATION
Ever wonder whet the Army was doing
on the island of Adak and what went on
in their Headquarters - a small build
ing along Bay Shore Highway. Then read
this information on the U. S. Army
Signal Propagation Station, which has
been located on Adak sinceNbvember'47,
The station is under the command of
the Chief Signal Officer,Uhited States
Army. Staff supervisionand operation
al control is exercised through the
Director, U. S. Army Signal Radio
Propagation Agency at Fort Monmouth,
N. J, • Adak’s station is attached to
Headquarters U. S. Army Alaska at Fort
Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska for per
sonnel administration only.
What is their job? NOT Propaganda —
but to operate and maintain instrument
ation, collect, process, ‘interpret,
record, and analyze ionospheric data
for radio wavepropagationdata-collect
ion and associated programs as direct
ed by the Director, U. S. Army Signal
Radio Propagation Agency.
The National Bureau of Standards id ’
the government agency charged with the
responsibility for ionosphere research
study and radio frequency propagation
predictions for the U.S,, The U. S.
Army, as a major user of radio commun
ication, participates in the NBC Prog
ram.
T The Army Signal Corps operates ser
eral Radio Propagation Stations in the
World Wide System located in such places
as Grand Bahama Island, San Salvador,
Okinawa, Greenland, Etc,, Our Adak
station is only one of approximately
80 normal reporting stations located
throughout the world. The total incl
udes those operated by foreign nations
as well as those operated by the U.S,,
which constitutes the established
World Wide Systemor reporting. During
the International Geophysical Year(lGY )
1957-58 there were over 160 such stat
ions, including the one here on Adak,
engaged in collecting; and repotting
ionosphere data. .
(continued next column)
The Adak station is unique in its
location in that it is the only station
operated within a radius of almost 1500
miles. It is the only station inthe
World Wide System located above 45°
latitude in a sector of nearly 160°long
from Pt Barrow, Alaska to Lulea, Sweden
It’s location being near .the mid-point
of the Far East-U.S* West Coast radio
paths.
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1 JAN
JO APR
THE WAR FOR PEACE - - - - — -
Peace, someone once said, must be
waged as efficiently,as completely, as
war is waged.
Today, the Free World is committed—
thoroughly and irrevocable—to that
truth.It is determined to wage the
peace—to wage it and to win it.
And as it does so, it is presented
with three examples of unparalleled
success; three graphic illustrations of
the fact that the peace can indeed be
waged and won.
These examples are found in the pro
grams of the Federal Service Joint Cru
sade agencies — the American-Korean
Foundation, CARE, Radio Free Europe, So
convinced are we as a nation o,f the
. effectiveness of these agencies that we
have given them our unstinting support,
in time and in dollars, over the years*
Last year, among members of the Fed
eral Family alone, close to $2 million
was contributed through the FSJC to
further the peace building activities
of these three organizations.
Now, between January and April, we
who serve our government as employees
or members of the Armed Services are
being asked to again show our faith and
our confidence in the ability of the
FSJC agencies to wage the peace. Again
this year, we are geing asked to give
our time and money to AKF, CARE &RFE.
And again this..year, we are confid
ent, ouranswer will be greater part
icipation than ever' before. For from
[this greater participation shall come
‘greater resources, greater strength in
(the battle for freedom in which the
[entire Free World is engaged.
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