Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

RT62-1-121

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

3

Ou

S/O

Brevets

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Description générale

ALUMINUM REFLECTOR/ METAL PEDESTAL, LEGS, CONTROL UNITS & HOUSINGS, PARTS/ RUBBER GASKETS/ GLASS SPIRIT LEVEL/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

290,0 cm

Largeur

278,0 cm

Hauteur

300,0 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Météorologie

Catégorie

Mesure de pression, température et humidité de la haute atmosphère

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

Bendix

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Maryland

Ville

Baltimore

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

THE GMD SYSTEM WAS FIRST ADOPTED BY AES CA. 1960 & WAS USED UNTIL THE MID 1990'S.

Canada

AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN ITS RADIOSONDE FORECASTING & RESEARCH PROGRAMME. THE ADRES (AEROLOGICAL DATA REDUCTION SYSTEM) USED TO CONTROL THE SYSTEM & PROCESS THE DATA WAS COMPOSED AT LEAST PARTIALLY OF EQUIPMENT SPECIFICALLY MADE IN CANADA FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Fonction

THE ANTENNA OF A RADIOSONDE RECEIVING STATION, PART OF A SYSTEM TO TRACK BALLOON-BORNE RADIOSONDE TRANSMITTERS AUTOMATICALLY. THE RADIOSONDE SIGNAL CONTAINING METEOROLOGICAL DATA IS RECEIVED BY THE ANTENNA, AMPLIFIED, & FED INTO A COMPUTER CONTROLLED DATA REDUCTION SYSTEM.

Technique

THE GMD (GROUND METEOROLOGICAL DEVICE) SYSTEM SUCCEEDED THE MSC'S METOX RADIOTHEODOLITE & MANUAL DATA REDUCTION SYSTEM (REF.3). THE METOX ANTENNA WAS A SQUARE ARRAY OF 32 HALF-WAVE ELEMENTS. THE GMD WAS BEING REPLACED IN THE 1990'S BY A MULTIPOLE YAGI TYPE ANTENNA, WHICH REQUIRED NO TRACKING.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

PLATE ON DISH READING 'ANTENNA AS-1117/GMD-2/ SERIAL NO. RT62-1-21/ CANADA DEPT. OF TRANSPORT - METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH/ BENDIX CORP. - FRIEZ INSTRUMENT DIV. BALTO., MD.'/ IDENTICAL PLATES ON RECEIVER, CONTROL, & PEDESTAL UNITS READING RESPECTIVELY 'RAWIN RECEIVER R-301E/GMD-1/ SERIAL NO. RT62-5-21S', 'ANTENNA CONTROL C-578D/GMD-1/ SERIAL NO. RT62-4-21S', & 'PEDESTAL AB-159E/GMD-1/ SERIAL NO. RT62-6-21' WITH MFR'S INFO./ METLALLIC LABELWITH TYPED 'ACTD/ 5038-00973' ON RECEIVER/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ GREEN IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL ON SCANNER READING 'M106-002'

Manque

TELESCOPE USED TO ORIENT ANTENNA TO ASSIST TRACKING.

Fini

REFLECTOR, PEDESTAL, LEGS, CONTROL UNITS & HOUSINGS PAINTED MILITARY GREEN ENAMEL/ WHITE SCANNER/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK, GREY, 7 WHITE SYNTHETIC PARTS

Décoration

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