DocumentCode
2946898
Title
Sea relay and weather towers
Author
Cazel, H. ; Whitehead, Paul ; Whitehead, P.
Author_Institution
Western Electric Company, Inc
fYear
1971
fDate
21-24 Sept. 1971
Firstpage
353
Lastpage
354
Abstract
The sea relay and weather tower is to overcome problems in communicating by microwave, radio, or sonic waves in water. The system is arranged to interconnect signals received by one means to transmission equipment of each of the three methods stated. The tower is floated horizontally to its location and erected using ballast. The microwave tower is hydraulically ejected into position. The lower end of the tower is at the sonic clear channel depth. Because its buoyancy comes from such a depth, the tower is not affected by wave motion. Each tower may be manned or unmanned. The more obvious uses of these towers are as weather stations; communications between land masses; and submarine communication.
Keywords
Cables; Electronic ballasts; Microwave devices; Poles and towers; Power generation; Power generation economics; Relays; Sea surface; Stability; Tail;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in the Ocean Environment, IEEE 1971 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1971.1161018
Filename
1161018
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