Wave guide
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STRAIGHT/RIGID/FLARED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0385.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, POSSIBLY COPPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.1 cm
- Width
- 9.9 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A HOLLOW METAL PIPE PRECISELY DIMENSIONED TO ENABLE IT TO CARRY RADIO-FREQUENCY ENERGY THROUGH ITS INTERIOR FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER. - Technical
-
A WAVEGUIDE IS A LENGTH OF PREFABRICATED METALLIC TUBING, USUALLY RECTANGULAR IN CROSS SECTION, BUT SOMETIMES ROUND OR ELLIPTICAL, & EITHER STRAIGHT OR FORMED, & RIGID OR FLEXIBLE. IT IS USED TO CARRY HIGH & ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCIES (1700 MHz). THE WAVEGUIDE SERVES AS AP IPE DOWN WHICH THE ENERGY FLOWS, CARRIED BY A RADIO WAVE WHICH IS REFLECTED FROM THE GUIDE SURFACES SO THE RESULT IS A GUIDED TRANSMISSION ALONG THE TUBE. (VAN NOSTRAND: P.179; SMITH: P.460). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PARTIALLY PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Wave guide, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1982.0385, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0385.003/
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