Virtual Cables at the Nevada Test Site

Abstract

Shrinking budgets and labor pools have impacted our ability to perform experiments at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) as we did previously. Specifically, we could no longer run heavy cables to remote data acquisition sites, so we replaced the cables with RF links that were transparent to the existing system, as well as being low-cost and easy to deploy. This paper details how we implemented the system using mostly commercial off-the-shelf components.