Syncronometer

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OBJECT TYPE: DIGITAL/TIME BASE
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0347.001

MANUFACTURER: General Radio Co.
MODEL: 1123-A
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 344
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PANEL ON FRONT, CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 48.1 cm
Width: 37.5 cm
Height: 13.3 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: General Radio
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: MID 1960'S +
Canada: AMERICAN MADE INSTRUMENT 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: INSTRUMENT USED IN RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY TO RECORD PRECISE TIME SIGNAL WITH DATA FOR LATER ANALYSIS, NECESSARY FOR DETERMINING PHASE INFORMATION BETWEEN INTERFEROMETER COMPONENT SIGNALS.
Technical: COMPONENT OF NRC'S VLBI MK I WHICH CONNECTED 46 M. DISH AT ARO WITH DRAO IN PENTICTON; IN LATE 1960'S NRC RADIO ASTRONOMERS WERE FIRST IN WORLD TO CREATE LBI NOT PHYSICALLY CONNECTED BY WIRES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RED "GR" LOGO ON FRONT WITH BLACK LETTERING READING "1123-A DIGITAL SYNCRONOMETER (R) GENERAL RADIO"/ INCISED LETTERING ON BACK READS "SERIAL 00344"/ BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ METER MARKED IN WHITE "TOME DELAY MICROSECONDS"/ LABELS READING "HERZBERG INSTITUTE/ OF ASTROPHYSICS/ HIA-01959/ ASTRONOMY SECTION", "Property of/ Propriete de/ NRCC/CNRC/ 063185", "ISTS/ 02243"
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: TEXTURED GREY CASING WITH BRUSHED METAL FRONT, GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED HANDLES & PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL/ GREY CONTROL KNOB
Decoration: N/A

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General Radio Co., Syncronometer, circa 1965, Artifact no. 1999.0347, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0347.001/

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