Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

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

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

63,0 cm

Largeur

57,0 cm

Hauteur

184,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Astronomie

Catégorie

Équipement d'observation

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Various

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

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.

Fonction

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.

Technique

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.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

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"

Manque

UNKNOWN

Fini

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

Décoration

S/O