General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL

Dimensions

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

Length

6.9 cm

Width

6.6 cm

Height

14.7 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

SPAR

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

EARLY 1980'S

Canada

SPACE TECHNOLOGY MADE BY CANADIAN MANUFACTURER SPAR FOR THE CANADIAN ANK D COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE.

Function

A BRANCH-GUIDE COUPLER, PART OF THE BEAM FORMING NETWORK (BFN) OF AN ANIK D ANTENNA FEED SYSTEM. THE BFN IS ALSO KNOWN AS A POWER OR SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, OR POWER DIVIDER, & SERVES TO DIVIDE THE POWER OF THE SIGNALS RECEIVED FROM THE ANTENNA FEED

Technical

PART OF A WAVEGUIDE BFN, AN APPROACH WHICH PRODUCED A LARGE, BULKY ASSEMBLY REQUIRING COMPLEX ASSEMBLY & TESTING PROCEDURES. THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY TEM LINE(940011), A SQUARE COAXIAL OUTER CONDUCTOR & INNER CONDUCTOR ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS LIGHTER & MORE COMPACT THAN WAVEGUIDE. IT WAS USED FOR ANIK E & BRASILSAT

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

N/A

Finish

COPPER COLOURED METAL, POSSIBLY LACQUERED

Decoration

N/A