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OBJECT TYPE: antenna
DATE: 1981
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0146.002

MANUFACTURER: Bendix Aviation Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal and synthetic cable

Dimensions

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Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Upper air pressure, temperature & humidity measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Bendix
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Maryland
City: Baltimore

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THE GMD SYSTEM WAS FIRST ADOPTED BY AES CA. 1960 & WAS USED UNTIL THE MID 1990'S.
Canada: AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN ITS RADIOSONDE FORECASTING & RESEARCH PROGRAMME. THE ADRES (AEROLOGICAL DATA REDUCTION SYSTEM) USED TO CONTROL THE SYSTEM & PROCESS THE DATA WAS COMPOSED AT LEAST PARTIALLY OF EQUIPMENT SPECIFICALLY MADE IN CANADA FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Function: Unknown
Technical: THE GMD (GROUND METEOROLOGICAL DEVICE) SYSTEM SUCCEEDED THE MSC'S METOX RADIOTHEODOLITE & MANUAL DATA REDUCTION SYSTEM (REF.3). THE METOX ANTENNA WAS A SQUARE ARRAY OF 32 HALF-WAVE ELEMENTS. THE GMD WAS BEING REPLACED IN THE 1990'S BY A MULTIPOLE YAGI TYPE ANTENNA, WHICH REQUIRED NO TRACKING.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Bendix Aviation Corp., Cable, circa 1981, Artifact no. 1994.0146, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1994.0146.002/

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