• DocumentCode
    1229074
  • Title

    Emergency UHF Radio for Gemini Astronauts

  • Author

    Linn, Fred S. ; Black, Stanley H.

  • Author_Institution
    Aerospace Electronics Department Sperry Phoenix Company Division of Sperry Rand Corporation Phoenix, Arizona
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1964
  • fDate
    4/1/1964 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    87
  • Lastpage
    90
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a UHF Beacon/ Transceiver which will be part of the Gemini astronauts´ survival kit. The all solid-state transmitter provides a minimum of 2 watts average power for 24 hours in the beacon mode and 1.2 watts of average power in the voice mode. The dynamic range of the double conversion superheterodyne receiver permits the radio to communicate with search aircraft at ranges from 50 feet to 25 miles.
  • Keywords
    Aerospace electronics; Batteries; Frequency; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Radio transmitters; Receivers; Solid state circuits; Space vehicles; Transceivers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0536-1516
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TA.1964.4319574
  • Filename
    4319574
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1229074