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It is recoininended that the patrol attempt direct commiinicatioTi 

 with Washington, using short-wave transmission. It is behaved a 

 3^-kilowatt short-wave transmitter, wave lengths between 36 and 

 75 meters, would be ample. This transmitter could be located in 

 the chart room and could be operated by the radio aide assigned to 

 the oceanographer. This would thus give the regular radio watch 

 an opportunity to guard 600 meters at all times except during the 

 broadcasts and woidd give them more time to devote to the ever- 

 increasing ship-to-ship traffic, relieving them of the Hydrographic 

 Office, Weather Bureau, and Coast Guard traffic. 



It is recommended that an additional wave-length band between 

 960 and 1,600 meters be provided and that the present band between 

 1,600 and 2,800 meters be reduced to the band 1,600 to 2,400 meters. 



It is recommended that a radio aide who is fully cognizant of the 

 construction, maintenance, and repairs of the radio sets on board the 

 patrol vessels, be assigned to the oceanographic staff, to transfer 

 from ship to ship with the oceanographer. 



It is also recommended that further tests be carried out with tlie 

 phone in connection with the ice-patrol broadcasting. 



