Test and Evaluation of Air/Ground Communications for Helicopter Operations in the Offshore New Jersey, Baltimore Canyon Oil Exploration Area.

Abstract

Helicopter instrument flight rules (IFR) operations in the offshore oil drilling areas are creating a need for low-level extended range air/ground (A/G) communications. This report describes the communications equipment and concepts used for helicopter IFR operations in the offshore New Jersey, Baltimore Canyon oil exploration area. Various types of very high frequency (VHF) high-gain directional antenna arrays were installed and flight tested to determine the degree of A/G communications coverage provided. Both the flight test data and more than 1 year of operational experience have shown that reliable A/G communications that can support IFR operations are obtainable throughout the offshore New Jersey oil exploration area by using high-gain directional antennas. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA082026

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  • James J. Coyle

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Antenna Arrays
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Directional Antennas
  • Frequency
  • High Gain
  • Line Of Sight
  • Log Periodic Antennas
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Radio Waves
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Transmitters
  • United States
  • Yagi Antennas

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