Measurements of the angular distribution of intensity across the intense discrete sources in Cassiopeia and Cygnus have previously been handicapped by lack of knowledge of the phase of the Fourier transform at very long aerial spacings. The technical difficulties of measuring the phase of the transform and also of calibrating the absolute amplitude have been solved by a new technique involving three stations. This method enables the phase to be measured relative to a frame of reference within the source and obviates the need for retaining the phase angles accurately constant on the removal of one of the aerial systems to a new site. The phase measurement is not limited to observations of the central fringe, and useful measurements may be made on all the fringes contained within the aerial polar diagrams.