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PARI's Needs List
PARI gratefully accepts donated equipment, instruments, and other items in support of our mission.
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Office Equipment |
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Computers
(400MHz to 1GHz and above 2GHz requested), Computer Components,
Computer Monitors, Laptop Computers
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| Servers, Pentium III or above, with SCSI RAID arrays and redundant power supplies desired.
| | Hard drives and other storage components
| | Computer parts, including network interface cards, RAM, heatsinks, motherboards, and CPU's
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SVGA
LCD projectors and/or screens, video conferencing equipment
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Office Furniture and Equipment (Desks, Chairs, Shelving, Conference Tables, Storage Cabinets, Partitions, etc.) |
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Work
tables/benches, shelving and chairs |
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5 cables rated to 100 Mbps minimum, fiber optic cables, connectors,
tools, and adapters for both multi and singlemode fiber
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| | RS-232, USB, ethernet, and other fiber-optic transmitters and receivers
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Uninterruptable power supplies.
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| | Lightning arrestors and Surge Protectors/Suppressors
| | | Voice over IP, teleconferencing equipment, and other PBX equipment and phones of recent manufacture
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Video Cameras and Monitors, Weatherproof Housings, Shutters, Remote Controls, Network Cameras (webcams), Etc. |
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Data acquisition devices, analog to digital converters, software defined radio equipment
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| Network-attached laser printer, 24 pages per minute and color desired
| | Inkjet printers of recent manufacture
| | Large format printers (HP DesignJet)
| | Laser Pointers
| | Recent versions of technical software with licenses (MathCad, Mathmatica, MatLAB, IDL, LabView, etc)
| | Commercial Library shelving
| | Technical and astronomical books
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| Telescopes and
Optical Equipment |
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Optical Telescopes (10" or larger) and components |
| Eyepieces (1.25" and 2") |
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All-sky camera and lenses
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High quality robotic telescope mounts and software
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CCD Cameras and Equipment (USB, IEEE1394, or Ethernet preferred)
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Optical filters |
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Solar filters
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| Binoculars and field glasses
| | Optical cleaning supplies
| | Mirror recoating apparatus
| | Clamshell, 12 foot or larger
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| Site Maintenance
Supplies |
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General Purpose Grease and Lubricants |
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Engine
hoist |
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Silicon RTV Sealant |
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Tie-wraps |
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Waterproof Tape |
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General Purpose Metal Paints (White, Yellow, Red, Grey) |
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Microwave Reflective Paint |
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Room Size Air Conditioners |
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| Electronics and Test
Equipment |
| Deep Cycle Batteries (Gel Cell highly desired)
| | Solar panels, charge controllers, and accessories
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1400, 70, 10.7, and other frequency IF amplifiers (high stability required)
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Feeds, LNA’s, Combiners, Postamps, Bandpass Filters (1.2GHz to 100GHz) |
| Standard horn antennas and antenna range equipment
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Downconverters (70MHz, 21.4MHz, 10.7 MHz IF output)
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| Directional couplers
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Fiber Optic Transmitters and/or Receivers (Singlemode Fiber
In 7GHz Minimum Bandwidth Out ) |
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Cryogenic Coolers and Vacuum Systems |
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Peltier Heat Pump Modules |
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Nitrogen Boost Pump and cylinders
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PLC5 and similar programmable controllers and software
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Receivers for the "Jupiter/Solar" Spectrometer, 15 to 30 MHz |
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Tunable Bandpass Filters for Receivers |
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Analog to Digital Converters, Multi-channel |
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Digital Storage Oscilloscope |
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Noise Figure Measurement Systems and NoiseSources |
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Digitally Synthesized Spectrum Analyzer
- covering all or part of 1 MHz to 50 GHz |
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Hydrogen Maser Frequency Standard |
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Phase Locked Loop OCXO Disciplining System |
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Reference Distribution Driver Amplifier |
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Remote Reference Taps/Buffer Amps |
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Synthesized Frequency Generators |
| Lab-grade power supplies
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General purpose test equipment, such as LCR meters, digital multimeters, clamp-on ammeters, etc
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Bit Error Rate Tester |
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Type N, SMA, BNC and other coax Connectors and Crimping Tools |
| High quality microwave coaxial cable (RG-214 or better, 50 or 75 ohm)
| | Electronic components, including relays, coax relays, IC's, transistors, microwave IC's, etc.
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Cable Striping Tools |
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Optical TDR |
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Time Domain Reflectometer (0-2000ft versions) like
Tektronix 1502 |
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RF power meters and sensor heads (HP438/HP8481A or similar)
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Air dehydrators for waveguide and cable pressurization, plus air
line and fittings
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| Site Maintenance
Equipment and Tools |
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4WD
Agricultural Tractor (for site maintenance) |
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Attachments for Tractor (bush hog, sickle bar
mower, etc.) |
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Lawn/Garden Tractor (for site grounds maintenance) |
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Utility Trailers |
| Golf carts
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Commercial Tractor With Front Loader and/or Back Hoe - (Four Wheel
Drive) |
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Trucks (1/2 Ton Pickup Truck and Larger) |
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Fork Lifts |
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Passenger/Utility Van Vehicle |
| 24 passenger diesel bus
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Motorized Lift Vehicles/Bucket Trucks (for Antenna Repair/Maintenance) |
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Motorized Scaffolding (for Antenna Repair/Maintenance) |
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Generators and transfer switches
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Portable Centrifugal Pumps |
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Portable Air Compressors |
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Sand Blaster |
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Construction Scaffolding |
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Radome and/or Replacement Panels (Gore-Tex)
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