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RAFOS Moored Sound Source


​Moored sound source, user programmable. Multi-year life, depending on applicatoin. Suitable for RAFOS and other applications.​

Key Features:

  • ​Suitable for RAFOS and other applications
  • User programmable
  • Multi-year life
  • Maximum operating depth: 2000m​


Specifications

FREQUENCY RANGE Standard RAFOS sweep, 261 Hz
SPL181 dB re 1 micropascal at 1 m
PROJECTOR"Organ Pipe" free flooded, 36 cm diameter
CONTROLLERSeaScan/Tillier design. Programmable via external connector. Temperature compensated time base. (Delta f)/f = 5 x 10-8
BATTERIESAlkaline "D" cell assembly
ENDURANCE4000 transmissions
MAXIMUM OPERATING DEPTH 2000 m
MATERIALAluminum 6061-T6, End-caps hard anodized
WEIGHT360 kg
MOORING TENSION MAXIMUM 4400 kg, (10,000 kg with optional external tension member)​


Current Users
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
University of Washington
University of Rhode Island
NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Institut fur  Meereskunde, University of Kiel (Germany)
Institut Francais de Recherche pour L'Exloitation de la Mer (France)

Related Links
University of Rhode Island RAFOS Float Group
RAFOS Float  Taygeta Scientific​