Radiosonde
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- OBJECT TYPE
- VARIABLE RADIO FREQ/ELECTRICAL
- DATE
- 1973
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0105.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Vaisala, V.
- MODEL
- RS 21
- LOCATION
- Helsinki, Finland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 602423-6
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STYROFOAM CASING WITHCARDBOARD PART/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.0 cm
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- 34.5 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
- Vaisala
- Country
- Finland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Helsinki
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
INSTRUMENT RAISED BY BALLOON INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE TO READ HUMIDITY, TEMPERATURE, & AIR PRESSURE & TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH. - Technical
-
3RD GENERATION VAISALA VARIABLE RADIO FREQUENCY RADIOSONDE INTRODUCED IN 1973. CONTAINS VAISALA'S HUMICAP HUMIDITY SENSOR, A THIN FILM CAPACITANCE DEVICE WHICH ABSORBS WATER MOLECULES ON FILM, CAUSING FREQUENCY CHANGE IN OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT. RS21 12 C HAS 403 MHz TRANSMITTER, WHILE RS21 13C USES 1680 MHz. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RED PRINTING ON CARDBOARD READING 'RADIOSONDE/ RS 21/ VAISALA'/ DECAL READING '602423-6'/ DECALS READING 'VAISALA/ RSM 11/ 1386', 'VAISALA/ RSR 11/ 1281', & '1834.2.14'
- Missing
- From CA of 10/25/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- WHITE CASING/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Vaisala, V., Radiosonde, after 1973, Artifact no. 1991.0105, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0105.001/
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