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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1970–1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0032.001

MANUFACTURER: Desitron Co. Ltd.
MODEL: CTS/HERMES
LOCATION: Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 1675-798
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 26.0 cm
Width: 6.3 cm
Height: 3.8 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: Desitron
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
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 CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT SPACECRAFT WHICH EXPLORED USE OF HIGH POWER TRANSPONDERS AT HIGHER FREQUENCIES TO EXPAND COMMUNICATIONS IN REMOTE AREAS OF CANADA.
Function: WAVE GUIDE TO BE MOUNTED ON PROBE CARRIAGE (890027.1-.2) WHICH IS USEDTO MEASURE VOLTAGE STANDING WAVE RATIOS ALONG WAVE GUIDE; DETECTOR PROBE (.2) ON CARRIAGE MEASURES VOLTAGE OF ELECTRIC FIELD OF WG AT ANY PARTICULAR POINT ALONG WG, TO ENSURE THAT IMPEDANCE OF WG FILTER IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF VOLTAGE SOURCE.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: DECAL READING 'DESITRON CO. LTD.-ONT-CANADA/ S.N. 1675-798'/ DECAL READING 'CRC/ INVENTORY/ 2058'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: OFF-WHITE ENAMEL PAINTED
Decoration: N/A

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Desitron Co. Ltd., Wave guide, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 1989.0032, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0032.001/

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