Microwave cavity, radar

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OBJECT TYPE: TUNED COAXIAL/RESONANT LINE
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1968.0633.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: PROTOTYPE
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM BASE PLATE AND CLAMPING BRACKETS AND YOKE. BRASS TUBING AND COAX CONNECTORS. STEEL WORM SCREW AND NUT. PLASTIC KNOB. GLASS FILLED SWITCHING TUBES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 31.0 cm
Width: 17.0 cm
Height: 9.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Radar
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1940-1945
Canada: CONTRIBUTED TO RADAR DEVELOPMENT
Function: USED AS AN ANTENNA TO TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER COUPLING AND SWITCHING DEVICE. THAT IS, THE GAS TUBES IN THE UPPER SECTION FIRED DURING PULSE TRANSMISSION, BLOCKING THE HIGH POWER FROM THE RECEIVER. AT THE END OF THE PULSE THE GAS TUBES NO LONGER CONDUCTED ALLOWING THE RETURN ECHO TO BE RECEIVED.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NO MARKINGS
Missing: N/A
Finish: NATURAL BRASS, ALUMINUM AND STEEL/ BROWN KNOB
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Microwave cavity, radar, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1968.0633, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0633.001/

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