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OBJECT TYPE: VARIABLE/10 CM IF
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0349.001

MANUFACTURER: Hewlett-Packard Co.
MODEL: P382A
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 3994
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC DIAL & DIAL CONTROL KNOB, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 31.1 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Height: 19.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Service-test equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Hewlett Packard
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: AMERICAN MADE INSTRUMENT USED AT ALGONQUIN RADIO OBSERVATORY. 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: INSTRUMENT USED AT RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY TO MATCH SIGNALS FROM VARIOUS ANTENNAS OF ARRAY.
Technical: THIS VARIABLE ATTENUATOR APPEARS IN HP CATALOGUES FROM AT LEAST 1967 (POSSIBLY EARLIER) TO 1993 & WAS MARKETED AS DIRECT READING, PRECISION ATTENUATOR (REF. 2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE ON FRONT READS "HP [LOGO]/ MODEL P382A/ VARIABLE ATTENUATOR"/ PLATE ON UNDERSIDE READS "HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY/ 3994/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ LABELS READING "HERZBERG INSTITUTE/ OF ASTROPHYSICS/ HIA-01646/ ASTRONOMY SECTION", "Property of/ Propriete de/ NRCC/CNRC/ 064012", "ISTS/ 02213"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: TEXTURED GREY-BLUE PAINTED CASING/ PLATED PART/ BLACK CONTROL KNOB/ WHITE DIAL FACE
Decoration: N/A

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Hewlett-Packard Co., Attenuator, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1999.0349, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1999.0349.001/

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