Baseband unit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- antenna
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2010.0185.013
- MANUFACTURER
- Norsat International Inc.
- MODEL
- GLOBETrekker iDirect/ 5200-15W-STD
- LOCATION
- Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- FDR001
- Part Number
- 13
- Total Parts
- 23
- AKA
- Antenna base
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal chassis containing metal casing/ Synthetic and metal parts/ Rubber pads on bottom of feet/ Paper and synthetic labels/ Synthetic spirit level containing alcohol
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 57.1 cm
- Width
- 39.1 cm
- Height
- 22.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NORSAT
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- City
- Richmond
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
The baseband unit serves as the base and support for the parabolic antenna and its elevation assembly, and contains a modem, a single board computer, a 5-port ethernet switch, a DVB-S receiver, a spectrum analyser, a DC-DC converter, and a GPS receiver. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black lettering on paper label on casing front reads in part 'n [logo]/ Norsat®/ International Inc.', 'FCC ID: Q6C-5200-KuAA-ID' and 'Patents Pending/ Made in Canada'/ Black lettering on paper label on chassis top reads 'GLOBE Trekker/ 5200-15W-STD/ System I.D. #FDR001/ Made in Canada'/ Indented scale markings and numbers in azimuth plate/ Raised lettering on casing on azimuth plate reads 'KAT-63 4/ Made in Germany'/ Two warning labels on top of chassis
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Brushed metal chassis, azimuth plate and parts/ Green painted casing/ Textured black synthetic covers, switch and caps/ Grey synthetic casing on azimuth plate/ Black synthetic covered cables with plated and metallic grey connectors; green tape on one cable end, red on another/ Green painted metal caps/ Plated parts/ Black pads on bottom of feet/ Black and colourless transparent spirit level casing
- Decoration
- N/A
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Norsat International Inc., Baseband unit, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2010.0185, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2010.0185.013/
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