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(lualilN' (listorlion was, in lieiicral, most cxide-nt at places which were, 

 by (lay, in liie valleys of the field strent;th (lia.urani and a jjoint in one 

 of these valleys near Stamford, Connecticut, was selected for the estab- 

 lishment of a temporary field test station. The interior of this sta- 

 tion, which was in the enii)ty ha\'-mow of a barn, is illustrated by the 



Fig. 1 — Radio contour map showing wave interference pattern 



photograph, Fig. 2. At this place apparatus was set up to enable a 

 study of the nature of the distortion in signals from 2XB. Many of 

 the records discussed in succeeding paragraphs w^ere taken at this 

 Stamfoid field station. Others were taken near Rixerhcad, Long 

 Island, which was also found to be well located for such work. Fig. 3 



