General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL/ SYNTHETIC CABLE COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

126.0 cm

Width

126.0 cm

Height

197.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Long range forecasting equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Georgia

City

Atlanta

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

1972+

Canada

USED WITH AMERICAN ESSA SATELLITES, WHICH PROVIDED METEOROLOGICAL DATA TO GROUND SATELLITE RECIEVING STATIONS OF THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE ACROSS CANADA

Function

USED TO PICK UP WEATHER DATA FROM LOW ORBITING SATELLITES TRANSMITTING IN THE 135-138 MHZ RANGE, AS PART OF AN APT (AUTOMATIC PICTURE TRANSMISSION) GROUND RECEIVING STATION

Technical

PART OF AN APT SYSTEM, WHEREBY SATELLIET WEATHER PICTURES PROVIDED BY A VIDICON CAMERA SYSTEM COULD BE TRANSMITTED TO SIMPLE GROUND READOUT STATIONS ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

PEDESTAL(POSITIONER), BANDPASS FILTER, PRE-AMPLIFIER & OPTIONAL TOWER

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A