Very Low Frequency RF Communications System

TREX Enterprises Corporation Engineering, 2006-07

Liaison(s): Paul Johnson, Laura Moyer ’06, Hope Runyeon ’06
Advisor(s): John Molinder
Students(s): Andy Chin, Austin Katzin (S), Susan Kim (F), Nathaniel Pinckney (S), Michael Pugh (TL), Josh Sinanan (F), Matthew Weiner (F)

Trex Enterprises Corporation is developing an audio algorithm capable of encoding voice at extremely low bit rates. A potential use for this is to send audio through a radio system transmitting at frequencies low enough to penetrate a significant distance into the earth. The team has designed, modeled, and built such a low frequency RF system using transmitting and receiving loop antennas. A primary application of this technology is audio communication into mines.