General Information

Serial #

12273

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PRIMARILY METAL; METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS.

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

Energy-electric

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Wavetek

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

San Diego

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS GENERATOR PRESUMABLY USED C. 1971- 1992.

Canada

PART OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM AT ORSO INSTALLATION. IT WAS USED WITH TELESCOPE 930297, AN INSTRUMENT UNIQUE TO CANADA & THE WORLD. THE 1992 RETIREMENT OF ORSO SIGNIFIED THE END OF OPTICAL SOLAR PHYSICS RESEARCH AS CONDUCTED BY CDN GOV'T SCIENTISTS- AN AREA OF STUDY CONCENTRATED IN OTTAWA SINCE 1905.

Function

TO PROVIDE SINE, SQUARE, AND TRIANGLE WAVEFORMS, AND TO CONTROL FREQUENCY.

Technical

THIS DEVICE WAS USED AS A SPEED CONTROL FOR THE STEPPER MOTORS USED TO OPERATE THE SOLARTELESCOPE 930297. MODEL DESIGNATION "VCG"= VOLTAGE CONTROLLED GENERATOR.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" WAVETEK/ MODEL 131A/ VCG GENERATOR" incised on front panel. All controls, etc. labelled. Main tuning dial calibrated.02 [hZ] to 2.0 [MHz]/ Decal on top reads " HERZBERG INSTITUTE/ OF ASTROPHYSICS/ HIAS 0510/ ASTRONOMY SECTION ".

Missing

UNKNOWN. BELIEVED TO BE COMPLETE.

Finish

WHITE ENAMEL FINISH ON CONTROL PANEL ON FRONT. UNIT MOUNTED ON MOTTLED GREY METAL PANEL, FOR INSTALLATION IN CONSOLE.

Decoration

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