General Information

Serial #

3670

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BASE, CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

54.5 cm

Width

38.5 cm

Height

25.5 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

Demornay

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1945+

Canada

AMERICAN MADE INSTRUMENT USED AT GOTH HILL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY NEAR OTTAWA, ALSO PART OF TEST EQUIPMENT USED WITH 32-ELEMENT SOLAR INTERFEROMETER AT ARO SITE 5. ARO WAS ESTABLISHED IN LATE 1950S TO PROVIDE NATIONAL RADIOOBSERVATORY PROVIDING FACILITIES TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR SUN IN COLLABORATION WITH DOMINION RADIO ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY (DRAO) ESTABLISHED IN 1957 IN PENTICTON, BC.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED IN RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY TO SET FREQUENCY OF KLYSTRONS OF SLOTTED WAVEGUIDE OF ANTENNA.

Technical

WAVEMETER FOR OPERATION IN 2-4 GHZ RANGE WITH WAVEGUIDE INPUT & OUTPUT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABELS READING "DE MORNAY-BONARDI/ SER 3670" & "DE MORNAY [LOGO] BONARDI/ L-715-3"/ LABELS READING "HERZBERG INSTITUTE/ OF ASTROPHYSICS/ HIA-0119/ ASTRONOMY SECTION" & "Property of/ Propriete de/ NRCC/CNRC/ 063979"/ BLACK LETTERING READING "RADIO ASTRO/ INTERFEROMETER"

Missing

COVER

Finish

LIGHT BLUE PAINTED CASING/ BLACK & TEXTURED GREY PAINTED PARTS/ PLATED PARTS/ FLAT GREY PAINTED BASE

Decoration

N/A