Radio Technical Officers
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Early Years
Chapter 2: The Training School
Chapter 3: Equipment Installation Records
Chapter 4: The 'Techs' in Antarctica
Chapter 5: The 'Techs' Tell Their Stories
Appendix 1: 'Techs' Roll Call
Appendix 2: Trainee Intakes
Appendix 3: 'Techs' Who Have Served in the Antarctic Region
Appendix 4: Summary of Major Installation Projects
Appendix 5: Summary of Major Equipment Variously Installed at Sites and Maintained by Radio Technical Officers
Radars
Automatic Weather Stations (AWS)
Instrumental/Observational
Communications
Interface Equipment
Index
Search
Help
Contact us
Radars
| Weather watch (WW) | Wind-finding (WF) | Combined WF/WW |
| Cossor | AA3 Mk VII | Admiralty 277F |
| Marconi SNW51 | Radio theodolite (Metox) | Plessey WF44 |
| EEC WSR81C | Decca WF1 | EEC WF100 |
| EEC WSR74C | Decca WF2 | |
| EEC WSR74S | Plessey WF3 | |
| EEC WF100WW |
Automatic Weather Stations (AWS)
| Mainland | Off-shore |
| EG&G | Eilco |
| Micromac | Sutron |
| Almos |
Instrumental/Observational
| Telemetry | Upper Air | Other |
| Fielden | Radiosonde | Sferics |
| Telemark | Cloud base searchlight | |
| Maclay Valley system | Ceilometer | |
| Brisbane River system | Anemometer (several types) | |
| Solar radiation |
Communications
| Facsimile | SSB | APT | |
| Muirhead (many types) | Codan Tx/Rx | Aerials | |
| Alden | Racal Rx | Receivers | |
| Laserfacs | Scan converter | ||
| Nagra tape recorder |
Interface Equipment
AROS (Comms)Collins microwave link (radar)
Radarplex telemetry (radar)
Weather observers terminal (Comms)
Teleplex (instrumentation)
Emergency power generators
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