Carriage, probe

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OBJECT TYPE: WAVE GUIDE SLOTTED SECTION
DATE: 1970–1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0027.001

MANUFACTURER: Hewlett Packard Co.
MODEL: 809C
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 824 01736
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL FRAME, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CRANK HANDLE

Dimensions

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

Length: 22.6 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Height: 16.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Service-test equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Hewlett Packard
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: CTS/HERMES PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 1971 & SATELLITE OPERATED FROM JAN. 17, 1976 TO NOV. 24, 1979
Canada: USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF CTS/HERMES SATELLITE, INNOVATIVE CANADIANDESIGNED & BUILT SPACECRAFT WHICH EXPLORED USE OF HIGH POWER TRANSPONDERS AT HIGHER FREQUENCIES TO EXPAND COMMUNICATIONS IN REMOTE AREAS OF CANADA.
Function: CARRIAGE ON WHICH IS MOUNTED DETECTOR PROBE (890027.2) & WAVE GUIDE SLOTTED SECTION (890031-890032), USED TO MEASURE VOLTAGE STANDING WAVE RATIOS ALONG WAVE GUIDE; DETECTOR PROBE MEASURES VOLTAGE OF ELECTRIC FIELD IN WG AT ANY PARTICULAR POINT ALONG WG, TO ENSURE THAT IMPEDANCE OF WAVE GUIDE FILTER ISCONSISTENT WITH THAT OF VOLTAGE SOURCE.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED BLACK MARKINGS ON SCALE & LETTERING READING 'HEWLETT PACKARD/MADE IN U.S.A.' & 'CARRIAGE/ MODE 809C/ U.S. PAT. 2,673,963'/ HANDWRITTEN LABELREADING 'ASSET #/ 08972'/ DECAL ON ATTACHED PROBE READS 'UNTUNED PROBE/ MODEL 447B U.S. PAT. PEND./ HEWLETT PACKARD/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ BLACK IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'SER 824 01736'/ DECAL READING 'CRC/ INVENTORY/ 2058'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: GREY PEBBLED BASE/ PLATED CROSSBARS/ BRUSHED METAL SCALE & PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC.
Decoration: N/A

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Hewlett Packard Co., Carriage, probe, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 1989.0027, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1989.0027.001/

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