General Information

Serial #

900

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, CRT SCREEN, PARTS/ LEATHER CARRYING HANDLES

Dimensions

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

Length

62.0 cm

Width

29.0 cm

Height

40.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Electronics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TEKTRONIX

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Oregon

City

Portland

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

LATE 1960'S +

Canada

OSCILLOSCOPE WAS ONE OF KEY ELEMENTS OF LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETER (LBI) THAT CONNECTED ALGONQUIN RADIO TELESCOPE (ONTARIO) WITH DRAQ RADIO TELESCOPE IN PENTICTON,BC, FIRST IN WORLD NOT PHYSICALLY CONNECTED BY WIRES. DEVELOPMENT TEAM, CONSISTING OF NRC & CANADIAN UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS, WON RUTHERFORD AWARD IN 1972.

Function

GENERALLY, INSTRUMENT THAT USES CATHODE RAY TUBE TO DISPLAY FLUCTUATING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS ON SCREEN. THIS EXAMPLE WAS PART OF LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETER WIRELESSLY CONNECTING TWO RADIO TELESCOPES; SIGNALS FROM TELESCOPES APPEARED ON SCREEN & WERE COMBINED & MANIPULATED.

Technical

THIS HIGH END DUAL-TRACE OSCILLOSCOPE FROM PREMIER MAKERS OF OSCILLOSCOPES OF LATE 1960'S WAS ONE OF TEKTRONIX' MOST SOPHISTICATED INSTRUMENTS, HAVING VERY RAPID RISE TIME, WIDE FREQUENCY RESPONSE & HIGH DEGREE OF STABILITY. IT HAD INTERNAL SQUARE WAVE CALIBRATION FUNCTION, TRIGGERING FUNCTIONS & OPERATED AT 50 MHZ (?).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT PANEL READS "TYPE 502 DUAL-BEAM OSCILLOSCOPE MOD 104", "SERIAL 900 [INCISED]", "TEKTRONIX, INC., PORTLAND, OREGON U.S.A." & FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

POWER CORD/ LIGHT SHIELD FOR CRT

Finish

TEXTURED GREEN CASING SIDES, TOP & BACK/ BRUSHED METAL FRONT PANE/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT WINDOW/ BLACK & RED KNOBS & SWITCHES

Decoration

BLACK TEKTRONIX LOGO ON FRONT PANEL