METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION OF THE AIR MINISTRY - 15746 : Picture issued 1945 shows - The Meteorological Section of an Station : Sergeant and Leading Aircraftman Jarvis receiving and converting the radio signals transmitted by the radio-sonde apparatus into pressure, temperature and humidity measurements. The signals are picked up and amplified on a short-wave receiver and measured on a cathode ray tube. The measurements are plotted on graphs and evaluated whilst the balloon with the transmitter is still ascending. The information is immediately sent to the Central Forecas


METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION OF THE AIR MINISTRY - 15746 : Picture issued 1945 shows - The Meteorological Section of an Station : Sergeant and Leading Aircraftman Jarvis receiving and converting the radio signals transmitted by the radio-sonde apparatus into pressure, temperature and humidity measurements. The signals are picked up and amplified on a short-wave receiver and measured on a cathode ray tube. The measurements are plotted on graphs and evaluated whilst the balloon with the transmitter is still ascending. The information is immediately sent to the Central Forecasting Station and broadcast throughout the Service, Royal Air Force


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