Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
15
Category
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Activity
Harry Diamond Laboratories
Research Principal Investigator
Mr. R. F. Shoemaker
Research Contracting Agency
Description
The objective was the assessment of technology and the evaluation of promising electrical and physical configurations for personal RF communication systems mounted in safety helmets.
Latest progress update
Complete. Evaluations were made on the four systems by conducting tests offshore. Results indicate that a simple modification of a commercial low-power frequency modulated system operating in the 49-MHz public service band could be used to considerable advantage. Penetration through platform structures was excellent and communication was possible to all points on the platform from within an enclosed steel compressor room where noise levels were as high as 97 DBA.