Onwards And Upwards -radiometrix Lends Hand To Us Students

摘要

Wireless communication specialist Radiometrix has supplied two custom radio transceivers to Idaho State University for its Research Involving Student Engineers (RISE) program. The London-based company supplied the pair of customized UHX1 multi-channel radio transceivers tuned to a special VHF frequency (147 MHz) through US distributor, Lemos International. The program is sponsored by NASA and releases weather balloons with ceilings exceeding 25,000 meters. The balloons have payloads made up of a camera box, an automatic position reporting system for tracking purposes, and a flight computer. In addition, the balloons can carry various experiments from extremeophile bacteria research to simple egg drop mechanisms.