Sonobuoy Traditional Cache
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Rather large plastic tube used to ship Sonobuoys in. Not a real sonobuoy. Bring your own Sharpie to sign the log.
Due to the wet weather making it hard to sign the log I have left another log inside the cache. You may also sign the way we intended if you like!
Hidden with permission of the property owner and knowledge and support of the people that work there!
Sonobuoys are used to detect and identify moving underwater objects by either listening for the sounds produced by propellers and machinery (passive detection), or by bouncing a sonar “ping” off the surface of a submarine (active detection). They usually float, or have at least some part of them that does. Specialized sonobuoys can also detect electric fields, magnetic anomalies, and bioluminescence (light emitted by microscopic organisms disturbed by a passing submarine); as well as measuring environmental parameters like water temperature versus depth, air temperature, barometric pressure, and wave height.
Sonobuoys are generally dropped from aircraft or helicopters that are equipped with a means to launch them, and electronic equipment to receive and process data sent by the sonobuoy. They can also be launched from ships.
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