Radar module 6 tube
2022.23.02
Text by Chuck Gustafson 2. Multiple plug-in module for the FST-1 Coordinate Data Transmitter. Interesting to note the long tubular item extending through the base plate is an electronic delay line. These were generally used for very short term data storage. An example would be that an event triggering a response would be lost before the response could examine it, having already passed before the response began. The delay line could retain the triggering event long enough to be examined. This, again, was a strictly digital device despite using vacuum tubes. The orange anodize on the base plate suggests this module served a function in a section of the FST-1 separate from that of the slowed down video module with its blue base plate.
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History Museum at Mt. Baldhead Park/Pump House Museum
Mount Baldhead Gap-Filler Radar Annex 1956-presentPeterson, Roland J. "RJ" 1926-2020
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Part 2. Multiple Plug-in Module for the FST-1 Coordinate Data Transmitter. The long, tubular item extending through the base plate is an electronic delay line, generally used for short-term data storage. The delay line remembered the data just long enough to be sure no information was lost if there was a hiccup in the transmission. This was also a strictly digital device despite using vacuum tubes. The orange anodize on the base plate suggests this module served a function in a section of the FST-1 separate from that of the slowed down video module with its blue base plate.
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