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MSR / MSCB Photos: Interior
Anechoic Chamber
Photo Sources:
0nnn: Anonymous WECo engineer
1nnn:
Ves Fulp
9nnn:
Don Felten
Innn:
Clint Esckilsen
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Anechoic Chamber
MSCB level 4, rooms 401, 402, 403, 404.
(There was a chamber behind each MSR antenna face.)
Also known as the RF room or RF chamber.
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0026, 1017: Antenna array elements were rear-illuminated by the feedhorn assembly.
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0029: Scaffolding in place during antenna installation.
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1019: The "business end" of the antenna feed horn.
Receive antenna window is on the left, transmit antenna window is on the right.
The comparator (in photo label) is the first component of the MSR receiver.
0009: Closeup of the receive and transmit antenna windows.
Transmit window shows smudges from burns or arcing, which must be cleaned with Everclear before further radiation.
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0012: Closeup of the transmit antenna window.
Additional closeup photos of the transmit/receive antenna windows.
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1020: Doors leading into the anechoic chamber.
9001: Fire Extinguishers
Normal one (left) and one that was in the MSR antenna chamber during full power operation (note melted handle).
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0025: Transmit and receive waveguide penetrations into the anechoic chamber during installation.
This is on the other side of the wall from the feedhorn assembly.
I022, I023: Level 4 room 405 (see diagram below).
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Waveguide penetrations into the anechoic chambers can be seen in their operational configuration.
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1115: MSCB fourth floor layout.
More Level 4 (& 3) photos
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MSR / MSCB / MSPP in 2017
MSCB Levels 3 & 4
MSCB Interior - Miscellaneous, Gallery 1 (Scott Murdock photos)
MSCB Interior - Miscellaneous, Gallery D