Receiver, satellite signal

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OBJECT TYPE: TELEVISION/INDOOR/SATELLITE EARTH STATION
DATE: 1978
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0054.001

MANUFACTURER: SED SYSTEMS INC.
MODEL: ANIK B
LOCATION: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC METER COVERS & PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 38.3 cm
Width: 31.5 cm
Height: 11.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Space Technology
Category: Communications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SED
Country: Canada
State/Province: Saskatchewan
City: Saskatoon

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: ANIK B WAS LAUNCHED DEC. 15, 1978.
Canada: PART OF ONE OF 100 LCET'S DESIGNED & BUILT BY SEDUNDER CONTRACT FROM CRC AS PROTOTYPE FOR CONSUMER MARKET. IT WAS USED WITH ANIK B IN FIRST FIELD TRAILS OF DBS (DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITE) IN ONTARIO (TV ONTARIO) & B.C. (CBC & BCTV) (REF 3).
Function: INDOOR COMPONENT OF EARTH TERMINAL USED TO RECEIVE SIGNALS FROM ANIK BSATELLITE, WHICH PROVIDED NARROW BAND FILTERING OF THE SIGNAL FROM THE OUTDOOR UNIT.
Technical: ANIK B WAS DUAL BAND SATELLITE, FIRST IN WORLD TO OPERATE IN BOTH 6/4 GHz (C BAND) FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICE & 14/12 GHz (KU BAND) FORCONTINUATION OF FIELD TRIALS BEGUN WITH CTS/HERMES. THIS UNIT WAS 2ND GENERATION (SEE 850407) INDOOR RCVR WITH ADDITIONAL METERS TO PROVIDE MORE CONTROL OF TUNING.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'SATELLITE/ RECEIVER' & ON FRONT & BACK FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ METERS MARKED 'U-151', 'KR-38', & 'ARMACO/ JAPAN'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: SIMULATED WOOD GRAIN FINISH ON CASING SIDES & TOP/ BRUSHED METAL CASING FRONT & BACK/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ WHITE METER FACE WITH CLEAR COVER/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS/ BROWN POWER CORD.
Decoration: N/A

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SED SYSTEMS INC., Receiver, satellite signal, circa 1978, Artifact no. 1989.0054, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0054.001/

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