Recorder-player, video

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OBJECT TYPE: CASSETTE/VHS
DATE: 1974
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0346.001

MANUFACTURER: RCA
MODEL: SELECTAVISION VCT201 (MODIFIED)
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 9065HM500
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CHASSIS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC & METAL CONTROLS

Dimensions

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Length: 48.5 cm
Width: 36.5 cm
Height: 17.5 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: RCA
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: MID 1970'S +
Canada: AMERICAN MADE RECORDER USED AT ALGONQUIN RADIO OBSERVATORY. ARO WASESTABLISHED 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: DEVICE USED TO RECORD & PLAYBACK VIDEO & AUDIO ON MAGNETIC TAPE CASSETTES. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO RECEIVE & RECORD SIGNALS FROM RADIO TELESCOPE. SIGNALS RECORDED BY TWO TELESCOPES & TWO TIME BASE MASERS WERE RECOMBINED TO MATCH PHASES OF INCOMING SIGNALS; WHEN MATCHED, INTERFERENCE PATTERNS EMERGED WHICH CONTAINED INFORMATION ABOUT SOURCES (E.G. QUASARS, ACTIVE GALAXY NUCLEI).
Technical: COMPONENT OF NRC'S VLBI MK II WHICH CONNECTED 46 M. DISH AT ARO WITH DRAO IN PENTICTON; IN LATE 1960'S NRC RADIO ASTRONOMERS WERE FIRST IN WORLD TO CREATE LBI NOT PHYSICALLY CONNECTED BY WIRES (VLBI MK I). THIS RECORDER REPLACED ORIGINAL AMPEX RECORDER USED WITH VLBI I.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SILVER LETTERING ON TAPE DRIVE COVER READS "RCA/ Selectavision VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER VHS"/ SILVER APPLIQUE LETTERING READING "RCA" ON FRONT/ LABEL ON FRONT READS "HERZBERG INSTITUTE/ OF ASTROPHYSICS/ HIA-3011/ ASTRONOMY SECTION"/ YELLOW LABEL ON FRONT READS "This VCR Modified For MKII VLBI"/ WHITE PAPER LABEL ON BACK READS IN PART "VCT201/ SERIAL NO./ 9065HM500"
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: ARTIFICIAL WOOD GRAIN FINISH ON CASING WITH LIGHT GREY & BLACK TOP, BRUSHED METAL BASE/ BLACK SYNTHETIC & METALLIC CONTROLS/ BLACK POWER CORD/ BLACK TRANSLUCENT TAPE DRIVE COVER & PARTS/ BLACK PAINTED CHASSIS
Decoration: N/A

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RCA, Recorder-player, video, circa 1974, Artifact no. 1999.0346, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1999.0346.001/

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