General Information

Serial #

S732

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASINGS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DIALS, LIGHTS, PLUGS, CIRCUITRY PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length

81.3 cm

Width

60.8 cm

Height

91.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Communications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

VARIAN

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Georgetown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CA 1976 TO LATE 1980S

Canada

PART OF EARTH STATION OF CTS/HERMES, CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT SPACECRAFT WHICH EXPLORED USE OF HIGH POWER TRANSPONDERS AT HIGHER FREQUENCIES TO EXPAND COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES IN CANADA.

Function

UNIT WAS INSTALLED IN A TRAILER EQUIPPED FOR TELEVISION TRANSMISSIONS FOR HERMES PROGRAM COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIMENTS & WAS USED TO GENERATE POWER FOR TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE GROUND.

Technical

CTS/HERMES SATELLITE WAS FIRST WITH ENOUGH POWER TO DELIVER TV PROGRAMS DIRECTLY TO DISHES SMALL ENOUGH TO BE ESTABLISHED AT INDIVIDUAL HOMES. HIGH POWER KLYSTRONS USED FOR RADAR WERE CONVERTED TO GENERATE POWERFOR TRANMISSIONS FROM GROUND. THEY WERE NARROW BAND (50 MHz) & EACH TUBE HAD TOBE TUNED TO EXACT *

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'KLYSTRON H.P.A./ TYPE VZU 2701 B2' & 'varian/ of canada'./ PLATE WITH MFR.'S LOGO & READING 'varian/ CANADA/ TYPE VZU-2701B2 SERIAL S732'.

Missing

MISSING DIALS, FRONT CONTROL PANEL

Finish

DARK GREY TEXTURED CASING FRAMES/ LIGHT GREY TEXTURED CASING SIDES/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK & RED PAINTED INTERNAL PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/

Decoration

N/A