General Information

Serial #

2439

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

48.6 cm

Width

31.0 cm

Height

11.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Communications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Norpak

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

DECODER USED WITH ANIK B SATELLITE FOR TV ONTARIO NODE EXPERIMENT. THIS WAS EXPERIMENT AT FOUR SCHOOLS IN NORTHERN ONTARIO WHICH PROVIDED ACCESS FOR STUDENTS TO DATA BASES IN TORONTO, PROVING FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO SERVICES IN REMOTE AREAS EQUIVALENT TO THOSE AVAILABLE IN URBAN AREAS (REF 2).

Function

USED TO DECODE TELIDON SIGNALS SENT VIA ANIK B SATELLITE

Technical

THIS WAS THIRD GENERATION TELIDON, FIRST GENERATION COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE. TELIDON WAS DEVELOPED AT CRC, THEN TECHNOLOGY WAS TRANSFERRED TO INDUSTRY TRHOUGH CONTRACT FOR SECOND DEVELOPMENTAL VERSION (REF 2)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT & BACK RESPECTIVELY READING 'Telidon/ norpak' WITH MAPLE LEAF LOGO & 'norpak/ Made in CANADA' WITH LABELS FOR CONTROLS/ ADHESIVE LABELS ON UNDERSIDE READING 'MODEL/ MK3/ SRIAL 2439' & 'norpak/ UNIT MK3' WITH TECHNICAL DATA/ DECAL ON FRONT READING 'VERIFICATION- CRL/ 20914'.

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED NAVY BLUE CASING TOP & SIDES/ MEDIUM GREY-BLUE CASING FRONT & BACK/ BLACK & WHITE SYNTHETIC BUTTON/ METALLIC & GOLD COLOURED PARTS/ GREY FEET & BLACK POWER CORD/ MULTICOLOUREDSYNTHETIC PARTS.

Decoration

N/A