General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WAVEMETER CASING; SYNTHETIC CABLES & PARTS/ METAL COVERED WOOD BOX, METAL HARDWARE & PIPING

Dimensions

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

Length

67.2 cm

Width

64.0 cm

Height

67.0 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

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1960'S+

Canada

INSTRUMENT USED AT ALGONQUIN RADIO OBSERVATORY, POSSIBLY DESIGNED & MFD. BY NRC/ARO. 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 MEASURE FREQUENCY OR WAVELENGTH OF SIGNAL, IN THIS CASE TO DETERMINE POWER OF INCOMING SIGNAL.

Technical

WAVEMETER FOR OPERATION IN S-BAND 2-4 GHZ 15 - 7 CM RANGE, ACQUIRED FROM MILITARY, NEEDED TO BE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOR ACCURACY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON WAVEMETER ITSELF READS ""HERZBERG INSTITUTE/ OF ASTROPHYSICS/ HIA-0118/ ASTRONOMY SECTION"

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

LIGHT GREY PAINTED WAVEMETER CASING; MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC BOX EXTERIOR; SOME BLACK PAINTED INTERIOR WOOD

Decoration

N/A