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OBJECT TYPE: ROTARY/4 ELEMENT/END FIRE/5300MHZ
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1967.1280.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 851
LOCATION: Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 1002851
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FORMED SHEET ALUMINUM ROTATING STRUCTURE; PLATED STEEL & BRASS COUPLINGS; PLASTIC RODS; CAST ALUMINUM & STEEL GEAR BOX & DRIVE; METAL ELECTRIC MOTOR & CONTROL BOX. WOODEN DISPLAY STAND.

Dimensions

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

Length: 66.0 cm
Width: 60.0 cm
Height: 64.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Radar
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Europe
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS ANTENNA PROBABLY USED C.1943- 1946.
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO CONVERT RADIO FREQUENCY ALTERNATING CURRENT TO MAGNETIC AND ELECTRICAL ENERGY FIELDS, AND DIRECT THIS ENERGY IN A BEAM. AS A RECEIVING DEVICE, THE MAGNETIC & ELECTRIC FIELDS ARE CONVERTED TO RADIO FREQUENCY ALTERNATING CURRENT.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF EARLY 360-DEGREE CONTINUOUS ROTATING ANTENNA, THE FIRST VERSIONS OF WHICH WERE MFD. FOR NAVAL OPERATIONS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " 851 " painted by hand on rotating section & on shield. " FABR. NR. 1.002851 " painted by hand on edge & back of rotating section of antenna.
Missing: RADIO FREQUENCY COUPLING DEVICES & BACK PLATE OF MOTOR MISSING.
Finish: DARK GREY ENAMEL FINISH; 4 OPAQUE SYNTHETIC CONES/RODS, MOUNTED VERTICALLY. UNIT MOUNTED ON STAINED & VARNISHED WOODEN STAND.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Antenna, circa 1943, Artifact no. 1967.1280, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1967.1280.001/

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