General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL RACK & COMPONENT CASINGS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

54.0 cm

Width

45.0 cm

Height

116.0 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

NRC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1982 +

Canada

RACK OF ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS ASSEMBLED BY & USED AT ALGONQUIN RADIO OBSERVATORY SITE 3 WITH 46 M.ANTENNA. 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

RACK OF ELECTRONIC MODULES WHICH WERE PART OF SYSTEM USED TO PROCESS SIGNALS FROM RADIO TELESCOPE. SIGNAL PROCESSORS TOOK STANDARD PRECISE FREQUENCY INPUTS FROM MASER OR RUBIDIUM FREQUENCY STANDARD & OUTPUT FREQUENCIES NEEDED FOR PROCESSING.

Technical

COMPONENT OF NRC'S VLBI MK II, WHICH CONNECTED 46 M. DISH AT ARO WITH DRAO IN PENTICTON; IN LATE 1960'S CANADA WAS FIRST COUNTRY TO SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOP RADIO ASTRONOMICAL TECHNIQUE OF VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY, WHERE RADIO TELESCOPES THOUSANDS OF KM APART CAN BE USED TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NEED RADIO TELESCOPE WITH DIAMETER EQUAL TO DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RED LABELS READING "K BAND SIGNAL PROCESSOR"; "X BAND SIGNAL PROCESSOR"; 35 MHZ AMP/ 2MHZ BW"; LOCAL OSCILLATOR 154 MHZ" & "DEC 1978"; "INTER-DIGITAL FILTERS PANEL" & "OCT 76"/ BLUE LABEL READING "BESSEL LF FILTER/ 3.3 HZ-0.1 SEC TD"/ YELLOW & BLACK LABELS READING "LBI" & "NOV. 82" ON TOP TWO UNITS/ PLATE ON BACK OF RACK READS "HAMMOND/ 1460K/ HAMMOND MFG. CO. LTD/ GUELPH - CANADA"

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

GLOSSY GREY PAINTED RACK & COMPONENT CASING FRONTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROL KNOBS/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A