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OBJECT TYPE: KLYSTRON/1200 WATTS/SATELLITE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0002.002

MANUFACTURER: VARIAN ASSOCIATES OF CANADA LTD.
MODEL: VZU-2701B2
LOCATION: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: S731
Part Number: 2
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: 45.7 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 IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'T5072', RED IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'ASSET 15533', & GREY DECAL READING 'CRC/ INVENTORY/ 2847'/ PLATE WITH MFR.'S LOGO & READING 'varian/ CANADA/ TYPE VZU-2701B2 SERIAL S731'./ METAL APPLIQUE MFR.'S LOGO.
Missing: MISSING SIDE CASING PIECES
Finish: DARK GREY TEXTURED CASING FRAMES/ LIGHT GREY TEXTURED CASING SIDES/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK & RED PAINTED INTERNAL PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/
Decoration: N/A

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VARIAN ASSOCIATES OF CANADA LTD., Amplifier, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1990.0002, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0002.002/

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