ACOUSTIC DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT FOR RADIATED NOISE MEASUREMENTS,

Abstract

The Acoustic Distance Equipment (DME) system is an underwater acoustical range measuring system using a stationary echo ranger plus recorder and a transponder. The transponder is mounted on the submerged vessel to which the range is desired. The echo ranger plus recorder, termed DME recorder, initiates the sequence of operation by transmitting a pulsed signal to the transponder, which after reception and processing transmits its own signal back to the DME recorder. The recorder marks its own time of transmission and the time of reception from the transponder on a calibrated paper. In this manner one is able to determine the distance from the stationary DME recorder to the movable transponder on the vessel. The equipment is described in this instruction manual with specifications, electrical drawings, waveform pictures, and tabulation of various voltages supplied.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0646496

Entities

People

  • N. H. Dale
  • W. C. Diehl

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Equipment
  • Distance Measuring Equipment
  • Instruction Manuals
  • Instructions
  • Measurement
  • Radiated Noise
  • Recording Systems
  • Stationary
  • Transmitting
  • Transponders
  • Unmanned Maritime Systems

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Geodesy