• 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