General Information

Serial #

169

Part Number

4

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

Unknown

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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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