Calibrator, solar noise

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.0583.001

MANUFACTURER: NRC, Radio & Electrical Engineering Div.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Parts of metal fluoresce orange but this is more likely a brass-zinc alloy which can fluoresce orange.

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Lexicon

Group: Astronomy
Category: Observation equipment
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Manufacturer

AKA: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1944
Canada: USED AT GOTH HILL SOLAR NOISE OBSERVATORY OF NRC TO STUDY BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN AT WAVELENGTH OF 10 C.M. (3000 MC).
Function: WAVE GUIDE PIECE; USED FOR MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; INCLUDES A VERNIER FOR CALIBRATION TEST; HAS A GRAPH ON THE FRONT TITLED "CALIBRATION OF IRIS-COUPLED ATTENUATOR".
Technical: EXPERIMENTAL PIECE TO STUDY CHARACTERISTICS OF EARLY RADIO TELESCOPES; INPUTS ARE SHIELDED CABLE, NOT MICROWAVE.
Area Notes: Unknown

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Markings: N/A
Missing: From CA of 11/08/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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NRC, Radio & Electrical Engineering Div., Calibrator, solar noise, circa 1944, Artifact no. 1969.0583, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0583.001/

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