Radiosonde
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AUDIO-MODULATED/ELECTRICAL
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0087.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bendix Aviation Corp.
- MODEL
- MD-317/AMT-12
- LOCATION
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLASTIC CASING/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS/ GLASS PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 17.2 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
- Bendix
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Maryland
- City
- Baltimore
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1960
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DEVICE LIFTED BY BALLOON INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE,HUMIDITY, & AIR PRESSURE & TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH. WIND SPEED & DIRECTION CAN BE DETERMINED BY TRACKING RADIOSONDE. - Technical
-
AN EARLY 1960'S STYLE OF AMERICAN RADIOSONDE CONTROLLED BY A BAROSWITCH, WHICH HAS AN ANEROID SENSOR & ALSO SWITCHES IN THE CERAMIC RODTHERMISTOR (TEMPERATURE SENSOR) & ELECTROLYTIC PLASTIC STRIP HUMIDITY SENSOR, &REFERENCE RESISTORS. THESE ELEMENTS ARE HOUSED WITHIN A PLASTIC CASING WITH AN OUTRIGGER & TRANSMITTER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK STAMPED LETTERING ON CASING READING 'MODULATOR, RADIOSONDE/ MD-317/AMT-12/ SERIAL NO./ FRIEZ INSTRUMENT DIVISION/ BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION/ ORDER NO. 8021-PP-60/ U.S.' & ON TRANSMITTER CONE 'TRANSMITTER RADIOSONDE T-652/AMT-12/ SERIAL NO./ FRIEZ INSTRUMENT DIVISION/ BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION/ ORDER NO. 8021-PP-60/ U.S.'/ BAROSWITCH FRAME STAMPED IN BLACK '20068'/ BLACK LETTERING ON THERMISTOR VIAL READS 'SIGNALS CORPS. U.S. ARMY/ TEMPERATURE ELEMENT/ ML-419/AMT-4/ BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION/ FRIEZ DIVISION/ DATE/ DEC 60/ PAT. 2,590,894' & ON HYGRISTOR LABEL 'HUMIDITY ELEMENT/RESISTANCE ML-476/AMT/ THE BENDIX CORPORATION/ FRIEZ INSTRUMENT DIVISIONBALTIMORE 4, MARYLAND/ U.S./ DATE NOV 1 1960'
- Missing
- BATTERY From CA of 10/22/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- WHITE CASING/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC, PLATED & GOLD COLOURED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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