Tuning cavity, microwave
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- OBJECT TYPE
- EXPERIMENTAL
- DATE
- 1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0582.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Radio & Electrical Engineering Div.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- All metal construction (possibly brass & silver)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.0 cm
- Width
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- This microwave tuning cavity presumably used c.1946-1961.
- Canada
-
Used on the 10.7 cm radio telescope system developed by Art Covington and built by Reed, NRC for use at the Goth Hill Observatory, Gloucester, ON. - Function
-
A microwave cavity is a closed metal structure that confines electromagnetic fields in the microwave region of the spectrum. Such cavities act as resonant circuits with extremely low loss at their frequency of operation. - Technical
-
This component was connected to the radio telescope system (860015) via coaxial cable, as were the crystal radar mixer (690581) and the solar noise calibrator (690583). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " 6 " stamped on several components.
- Missing
- Unknown From CA of 11/07/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears to be complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC, Radio & Electrical Engineering Div., Tuning cavity, microwave, circa 1946, Artifact no. 1969.0582, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0582.001/
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