Apollo Comms Part 1: Opening the S-Band Transponder and Amplifier

We open the microwave transponder and amplifier that brought you TV from the Moon, and explain the Apollo Unified S-Band telecommunications.

00:00 Intro, pick up of the boxes at Steve Jurvetson's
00:54 Apollo's space comm technology legacy
02:38 Weighing the boxes
03:45 United S-Band system explanation
09:06 Opening the boxes
10:07 Amplifier reveal
11:10 Transponder reveal
12:23 Beauty pics
12:54 Examining the boxes
19:14 Outro: complexity of the USB and future work

Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49ucdZcx9s&list=PL-_93BVApb58SXL-BCv4rVHL-8GuC2WGb

Previous video about PLLs and frequency synthesis: https://youtu.be/z-50pSc_wg8

Links to doc:
https://www.curiousmarc.com/space/apollo-s-band-communications
https://virtualagc.github.io/virtualagc/QuestForInfo.html
https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/

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