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OBJECT TYPE: DUMMY & CALIBRATION
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0356.001

MANUFACTURER: Waveline Inc.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1-.4 METAL CYLINDERS WITH SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 89.0 cm
Width: 19.5 cm
Height: 17.0 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: Waveline
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Caldwell

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: EQUIPMENT USED AT ALGONQUIN RADIO OBSERVATORY. 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: DEVICE ATTACHED TO ASTRONOMICAL PARABOLIC ANTENNA IN ORDER TO VERIFY & CALIBRATE IT. LOAD PROVIDED SOURCE SIGNAL TO CHECK THAT WAVE GUIDES, FILTERS, POLARIZERS & ELECTRONICS WERE OPERATING PROPERLY.
Technical: CALIBRATION DEVICE USED WITH ARO ANTENNA ARRAY. ARRAY COMBINED SIGNALS FROM 245 ANTENNAA THROUGH PARALLEL WAVEGUIDES WHICH WERE COMBINED NEARELECTRONICS. SIGNALS WOULD HAVE TO BE CHECKED TO ENSURE THEY WERE IN PHASE SO THAT OUT OF PHASE SIGNALS FROM SUN WOULD BE DETECTED & RECORDED PROPERLY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1-.2 PLASTIC END CAPS HAVE BLUE LETTERING READING "WAVELINE" & "CALDWELL, N.J."
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: PAINTED WHITE
Decoration: N/A

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Waveline Inc., Load, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1999.0356, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1999.0356.001/

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