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OBJECT TYPE: DOUBLE STUB/COAXIAL
DATE: 1970–1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0024.001

MANUFACTURER: Weinschel Engineering
MODEL: DS109
LOCATION: Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 7906
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 18.3 cm
Width: 11.2 cm
Height: 31.7 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: Weinschel
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Maryland
City: Gaithersburg

Context

Country: Canada
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 CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT SPACECRAFT WHICH EXPLORED USE OF HIGH POWER TRANSPONDERS AT HIGHER FREQUENCIES TO EXPAND COMMUNICATIONS IN REMOTE AREAS OF CANADA.
Function: LABORATORY EQUIPMENT USED TO TUNE OUT MISMATCH CONDITIONS IN COAXIAL SYSTEMS, TO 'MATCH' OR TRANSFORM A LOAD IMPEDANCE TO THE IMPEDANCE OF A TRANSMISSION LINE FEEDING THE LOAD SO AS TO MAINTAIN A LOW STANDING WAVE RATIO ON THE LINE.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE WITH FREQUENCIES ETC. & READING 'DOUBLE STUB TUNER', 'MODEL/ DS109', 'SERIAL NO. 7906', & 'WEINSCHEL ENGINEERING/ GAITHERSBURG, MD./ U.S. PATENT NO. 2,941,169'/INCISED NUMBERS 1 TO 4/ DECAL READING 'CRC/ INVENTORY/ 2058'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Weinschel Engineering, Tuner, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 1989.0024, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0024.001/

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