Radiosonde

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OBJECT TYPE
AUDIO-MODULATED/ELECTRICAL
DATE
1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1991.0074.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
ML-141-A
LOCATION
United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
5102
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
CARDBOARD CASING/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS/CORD/ FABRIC STRAP/ HAIR HUMIDITY ELEMENT

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
22.0 cm
Width
11.0 cm
Height
22.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Meteorology
Category
Upper air pressure, temperature & humidity measurement
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Unknown
Country
United States of America
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
Period
Unknown
Canada
SINCE THE 1940'S, AMERICAN MADE AUDIO-MODULATED RADIOSONDES HAVE BEEN USED IN CANADIAN UPPER AIR OBSERVATIONS.
Function
DEVICE LIFTED BY BALLOON INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO READ TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, & AIR PRESSURE & TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH. WIND SPEED & DIRECTION CAN BE DETERMINED BY TRACKING RADIOSONDE.
Technical
IN AUDIO-MODULATED RADIOSONDES, SIGNALS CREATED BY THE METEOROLOGICAL SENSORS ARE CONVERTED INTO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS WHICH ARE THEN MODULATED & TRANSMITTED AS AUDIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS. THEAMERICAN FORM WAS DEVELOPED IN 1937 & 910074 HAS THE DOUBLE ANEROID BAROMETER, HAIR HYGROMETER, & ELECTROLYTIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR USUAL IN THIS EARLY VERSION.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
BLUE PRINTING ON SIDES READING 'RADIOSONDE ML-141-A/ SERIAL NO. 5102 ORDER NO. 8347-WF-43/ THIS INSTRUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF/ THE UNITED STATES ARMY/ IN THE INTEREST OF THE WAR EFFORT/ THE FINDER IS REQUESTED TO RETURN/ TO LOCAL POSTMASTER. NO REWARD PAID FOR ITS RETURN' WITH SPACES FOR FINDER'S NAME & ADDRESS ON ONE SIDE & ON OTHER SIDE ADDRESS FOR RETURN TO 'SIGNAL SUPPLY OFFICER/ DAYTON SIGNAL DEPOT/ 429 North Main Street/ DAYTON OHIO' FOR 'War Department/ Signal Corps U.S. Army/ Official Business'/ ON INSIDE FLAP IS LABELREADING 'SERIAL NO./ 5102', STAMPED 'MAY 21 1943' & 'SC5234A'/ HANDWRITTEN '6297' IN SEVERAL PLACES INSIDE CASING/ RED STAMPED '6297' ON CASING
Missing
From CA of 10/19/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish
WHITE CARDBOARD, NOW DISCOLOURED TO OFFWHITE/ ONCE WHITE CORD & STRAP, NOW SOILED TO BROWN/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC
Decoration
N/A

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