The Automatic Meteorological Station System AN/TMQ-30 ( ).
William J. Vechione · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 1982
The AN/TMQ-30 Automatic Meteorological Station is a system consisting of a master station and 20 to 36 remote sensor stations. This system is designed to supplement surface observations within an Army division's zone of responsibility. The remote stations transmit, via digital radio frequency (RF) link, wind speed and direction, temperature, relative humidity, and pressure data to the master station. The Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System (REMBASS) data transmission scheme is incorporated into the AN/TWQ-30. Transmission times are set hourly or half-hourly, with a mission duration after deployment of 14 days. Microprocessor data control and processing are used throughout the system concept, both in the remote sensor stations and the master station. Currently, the system is in the advanced development stage. Hardware development was completed Jan 81. Acceptance and operational tests were accomplished between Feb and May 81. These tests included in-plant acceptance, specification compliance, and operational capability tests. Data collected were compared to calibrated standards. Presented are all tabulated and graphic representations, as well as field operation results. The results of the tests show the system's relative comparison with the standards. The future plans for system development are presented. (Author)