Nuclear magnetic resonance of on-line-oriented nuclei is reported for the first time, in the cases of mass-separated 106 In, 108 In, and l04 Ag. Combination of the extracted g factors with independent information on the magnetic-moment values leads to unambiguous spin assignment for the high-spin ground states of I06 In and 108 In. The high-precision magnetic moments derived for these nuclei as well as the result on 104 Ag point to strong discrepancies from the additivity relation.PACS numbers: 21.10. Hw, 2U0.Ky, 23.20.En, 27.60.+J Unambiguous spin assignment to ground states of nuclei is a first requirement for reliable nuclear-structure studies. Clearly for these ground-state spin determinations, only "strong arguments" may be used. This means that one should use direct measurements which are independent of decay-scheme considerations. Incomplete and/or erroneous decay schemes have often led to a time dependence of spin assignments based on weak arguments, as, e.g., in the intensively studied cases of 106 In and ""In. 1 " 8 Unfortunately, the choice of methods for ground-state spin determinations which are in accordance with on-line separation conditions is rather limited. The atomicbeam method, which is the ideal method, suffers from low transmission rates, severely restricting its application far from stability. 9 Alternative methods rely on the resolution of the hyperfine structure. This approach may be used, for instance, in laser spectroscopy or in nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) spectroscopy. At high spin, though, the hyperfine patterns become highly complicated and overlapping. A clear spin assignment is obtainable when combining laser spectroscopy with rf, but then intensity problems may arise again. This particular technique is being tested for on-line use by at least one group. 10 The principle of NQR has been applied in a quadrupoleinteraction nuclear magnetic resonance on oriented nuclei (NMR-ON) experiment on 188 Ir, n but the method remains restricted to a few favorable cases.A more generally applicable direct method has been developed recently at the nuclear orientation on-line facility KOOL, where nuclear orientation of almost all isotopes produced by the combination of the CYCLONE cyclotron and the LISOL on-line separator can be achieved. 12 The NMR-ON technique, however, was applied up to now only to long-lived isotopes-a review is given by Herzog. 13 The need for high statistics and long search times made this technique to be considered incompatible with on-line working conditions. We succeeded in obtaining NMR-ON curves for ,06 In, 108 In, 104 Ag, and 189 Au m . The last case concerned the study of the high field fraction of implantation sites. 14 An NMR coil was installed around the continuously implanted sample, which was connected to the mixing chamber of a 3 He-4 He dilution refrigerator. The equipment and the acquisition method were developed and tested for on-line use. Special care was taken to eliminate the effects of varying production rates by taking the ratio W(0)/W{n/2) as th...