Klystron

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OBJECT TYPE
AMPLIFIER
DATE
Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1990.0002.004
MANUFACTURER
VARIAN ASSOCIATES OF CANADA LTD.
MODEL
VKU-7791M
LOCATION
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
169
Part Number
4
Total Parts
4
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Unknown

Dimensions

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

Length
N/A
Width
N/A
Height
N/A
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
RED DECAL READING 'varian (LOGO) PALO ALTO, CA/ TYPE VKU-7791M SERIAL 169/ MADE IN U.S.A.', & DECAL READING: ‘varian/ VKU7791 M/ BEAM VOLTAGE 7.5 KVDC/ BEAM CURRENT .82 AMPS/ HEATER VOLTAGE 6.5 VDC/ HEATER CURRENT 4.4 AMPS/ FOCUS CURRENT N/A AMPS/ BODY CU. NO DRIVE 6 MA/ HEATER CATHODE WIRE WHITE/ SER. NO. 169'.
Missing
MISSING BATTERY?
Finish
BLACK, RED & GREY CASING WITH BLACK KNOBS, RED, YELLOW & WHITE SYNTHETIC PARTS.
Decoration
N/A

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VARIAN ASSOCIATES OF CANADA LTD., Klystron, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1990.0002, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0002.004/

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