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Object details:

Object Name: Antenna, Whip, High Frequency, Gemini
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19720465000

	Object Name
	Antenna, Whip, High Frequency, Gemini

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a436999d-e3e8-4a03-9d88-47d4822b5230

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	Raymond Engineering Laboratory

	Materials
	HAZMAT: Cadmium Plating

	Materials
	Aluminum

	Materials
	Coating

	Materials
	Plastic

	Materials
	Steel

	Materials
	Bakelite

	Materials
	Rubber

	Dimensions
	3-D: 61.9 × 8.9 × 8.9cm (2 ft. 3/8 in. × 3 1/2 in. × 3 1/2 in.)

	Summary
	This is an unflown Gemini high frequency whip antenna. Each capsule had two of these extendable/retractable antennas that were used in the voice communications system during the orbiting and postlanding phases. This system enabled ground controllers and the astronauts to talk with one another. The system's transmitters and receivers operated on a frequency of 15.016 megahertz and an output power of five watts. Raymond Engineering Laboratory made the antenna and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration transferred it to NASM in 1970.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

	Inventory Number
	A19720465000

	Type
	EQUIPMENT-Aerials & Antenna

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