AIDJEX Bulletin #40 - Polar Science Center - University of Washington

Power Supply
The Dower- supply _ _ - consists of 10 carbon-air
primary batteries, a regulator and dc-dc converter.
This is sufficient to power the system
for two years.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
The complete array of 10 SYNRAMS was installed
in May-June 1975. Preliminary tests with the
recently orbited NIMBUS F satellite indicate
that eight of the ten are operating satisfactorily
and providing continuous data.
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The SYNRAMS system draws together many new
ideas and technologies, without which this experiment
would not have been possible.
The technical assistance and advice provided
by Ernest Litchfield of NCAR. John DuBoise and
James Coates of Texas Instruments, and Pat Martin
of AIDJEX, was invaluable.
The cooperation and logistical support provided
for the SYNRAMS installations by the AIDJEX
Office of the University of Washington, and
especially Mr. Pat Martin of that office, along
with Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, is greatfully
acknowledged.
The authors would like to thank NASA Goddard
for its cooperation and support.
Without the unending dedication and help
provided by Mr. George Leidig of PRZ. over the
two years of preparation, this project would
not have been successful.
This work was supported by Arctic Programs
and Environmental Acoustic Program of The
Office of Naval Research as part of project AREA.
REFERENCES
1. Coates, J. L., "The NIMEXJS F Random Access
Measurement System (RAMS)", IEEE Trans. on
Geoscience Electronics, Jan 75, Vol. GE-13,
No. J, page 18
2. Litchfield, E. W. and Gray, M. W.. "The
TWERLE Balloon-to-Satellite Data Transmitting
System", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience
Electronics, Jan 1975, Vol GE-13, #1 page 39
3. Urick, R. J., "Flutter Noise in Suspended
Hydrophones", October 1960, Paper presented
at the 16th Meeting of the Acoustical
Society of America, San Francisco, Calif.
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