MRC:
						Describes the capabilities,intended use,and/or purpose for which the item is provided.FTLD
					 
					
						Functional Description:
					
					
						Senses pressure,  temperature,  humidity,  and receives/re-transmits omeganavigation signals so that winds can be determined from changing sonde position					
				 
							
					
						MRC:
						A recording of the physical,functional,and performance characteristics for an item of supply.TEXT
					 
					
						General Description:
					
					
						Is meteorological instrument pkg launched from aircraft via parachute;  c/o rf antenna,  microprocessor,  digital transmitter,  sensor assembly,  rs-232 connection,  4-cell battery pack;  12-contact connector,  receiver,  fet amplifier; receiver:  bandwidth 3db,  13, 600 khz center freq,  35 db bandwidth less than 6khz;  gain:  6-7 porm 3 db,  0.1 vrms,  0.8 porm 0.1 v p-p output;  transmitter:  403.5,  404.5,  405.5 mhz freq;  1w min rf power output;  sensor:  150-1050 mb porm 2 mb;  -55 to plus 40 degrees c porm 0.5deg accuracy,  5 sec time constant;  antenna:  impedance nom 50 ohms,  400 mhz