General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL RACK CONTAINING COMPONENTS WITH METAL CASINGS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS/ VIDEO DISPLAY UNIT: SYNTHETIC CASING & GLASS DISPLAY SCREEN

Dimensions

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

Length

63.0 cm

Width

57.0 cm

Height

184.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Astronomy

Category

Observation equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Various

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE1960'S +

Canada

RACK OF ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS ASSEMBLED BY & USED AT ALGONQUIN RADIO OBSERVATORY SITE 3 WITH 46 M. ANTENNA. ARO WAS ESTABLISHED IN LATE 1950S TO PROVIDE NATIONAL RADIO OBSERVATORY PROVIDING FACILITIES TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR SUN IN COLLABORATION WITH DOMINION RADIO ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY (DRAO) ESTABLISHED IN 1957 IN PENTICTON, BC.

Function

RACK OF ELECTRONIC MODULES WHICH WERE PART OF SYSTEM USED TO PROCESS SIGNALS FROM RADIO TELESCOPE. THESE CUSTOM MADE ELECTRONICS WERE USED TO CONVERT OUTPUT TO VIDEO FORMAT, ALSO ADDING TIMING INFORMATION & OTHER SYNCHRONIZATION DATA TO ASSIST IN ANALYSIS PROCESS.

Technical

COMPONENT OF NRC'S VLBI MK II, WHICH CONNECTED 46 M. DISH AT ARO WITH DRAO IN PENTICTON; IN LATE 1960'S CANADA WAS FIRST COUNTRY TO SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOP RADIO ASTRONOMICAL TECHNIQUE OF VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY, WHERE RADIO TELESCOPES THOUSANDS OF KM APART CAN BE USED TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NEED RADIO TELESCOPE WITH DIAMETER EQUAL TO DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

YELLOW LABELS WITH BLACK LETTERING READING "2" & "LBI"/ VIDEO DISPLAY: RAISED METALLIC "CONRAC"/ BLACK LETTERING ON COMPONENTS READING "TIME ENCODER/DECODER", "TV MONITOR VIDEO CONTROLLER", "BURST & DRIVE FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER"/ BROWN LABEL READING "AMPLIFIER 10 DB 5MHZ"/ RED LABEL READING "TV SYNCGENERATOR"/ BROWN LOGO & LETTERING READING "cvs 500", "digital video signal corrector" & "consolidated video systems, santa clara, california"/ BLACK LABELS READING "1-1.008MHZ SINGLE SIDEBAND GENERATOR" & "JAN. 1973"/ BLACK LABEL READING "LOW PASS FILTER UNIT FOR D/A/ CONVERTER"/ LABEL READING "Property of/ Propriete de/ NRCC/CNRC/ 064011"

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

RACK PAINTED GLOSSY MEDIUM GREY/ VIDEO DISPLAY: BLACK CASING/ COMPONENT FRONTS FINISHED IN VARIOUS SHADES & TEXTURES OF GREY/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS/ PLATED HANDLES

Decoration

N/A