General Information

Serial #

TS62 3

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, INTERIOR CONTROL PANEL, PARTS/ GLASS LIGHT & METER COVER/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ PAPER GRAPH

Dimensions

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

Length

30.5 cm

Width

20.8 cm

Height

30.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RAYTHEON

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

CANADIAN MADE EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE TO SERVICE EQUIPMENT USED IN ITS RADIOSONDE FORECASTING & RESEARCH PROGRAMME.

Function

AN INSTRUMENT USED TO VERIFY THE RECEIVERS AND THE TRACKING ABILITY OF THE ANTENNA OF A RADIOSONDE RECEIVING STATION, PART OF A SYSTEM TO TRACK BALLOON-BORNE RADIOSONDE TRANSMITTERS AUTOMATICALLY.

Technical

THIS TEST SET WAS USED TO CHECK THE RECEIVERS IN THE GMD (GROUND METEOROLOGICAL DEVICE) AND WITH A TOWER MOUNTED ANTENNA TO CHECK THE TRACKING CAPABILITY OF THE GMD ANTENNA AND THE MDS (MINIMUM DISCERNIBLE SIGNAL) OF THE RECEIVER (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INTERIOR PLATE READING '1680 MC. TEST SET/ MADE FOR/ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT/ METEOROLOGICAL BRANCH/ CANADA/ SERIAL NUMBER TS62 3/ RAYTHEON CANADA LIMITED' (NOTE: 'TS62' IS PART OF PLATE LETTERING, '3' IS INCISED)/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROLS

Missing

N/A

Finish

GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ BLUE ENAMEL PAINTED CONTROL PANEL/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED CONTROLS, METER CASING/ BLACK CORD/ METALLIC & PAPER PARTS/ WHITE PAPER UNDER CLEAR SYNTHETIC COVER

Decoration

N/A