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- OBJECT TYPE
- EMERGENCY LOCATOR/406 MHZ/MARINE
- DATE
- 1990
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0024.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MPR TELTECH LTD.
- MODEL
- COPAS/SARSAT/ C1-1000
- LOCATION
- Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 102
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ METAL STAND
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 68.0 cm
- Width
- 21.5 cm
- Height
- 26.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MPR
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- City
- Burnaby
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1990+
- Canada
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CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT DEVICE INTENDED FOR USE IN INTERNATIONAL COPAS/SARSAT SATELLITE PROGRAMME, IN WHICH CANADA WAS ONE OF ORIGINAL PARTICIPANTS. COPAS/SARSAT PROGRAMME WAS INITIATED IN 1979 & BECAME OPERATIONAL IN 1982. MPR BECAME INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION OF 406 EPIRB IN 1988 & SATFIND-406 EPIRB WAS ACCEPTED BY CDN COAST GUARD IN DEC. 1990 & WAS APPROVED BY DOC IN JAN.1991. - Function
-
EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACON MOUNTED ON SHIP AT SEA. WHEN ACTIVATED, MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY, IT TRANSMITS SIGNAL TO ORBITING SATELLITE; SIGNAL IS RELAYED TO GROUND TERMINAL WHERE SIGNALING BEACON IS LOCATED & IDENTIFIED AND APPROPRIATE SEARCH & RESCUE AUTHORITIES NOTIFIED. - Technical
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THIS ONE OF FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED EPIRB'S. IT USES DEDICATED FREQUENCY OF 406 MHZ DETECTED BY LOW-ORBITING SATELLITES, THUS ALLOWING IMMEDIATE DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION & LOCATION OF SIGNAL, & RAPID RESPONSE. OLDER SYSTEMS USING 121.5 MHZ INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS FREQUENCY WERE DEPENDENT ON PASSING SHIPS OR AIRCRAFT FOR LOCATION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLUE LETTERING READING IN FRENCH & ENGLISH: 'MPR/ Emegency Position Indicating Radio Beacon/ MODEL C1-1000/ CANADIAN CLASS I EPIRB', 'FOR MARINE USE ONLY', 'TRANSMISSION FREQUENCY & POWER: 406.025 MHz, 5 W AND 121.500 MHz, 25 Mw.', 'OPERATING TEMPERATURE: -20 C TO +55 C. OPERATING DURATION: 48 HOURS/ STORAGE TEMPERATURE: -40 C TO +65 C.', WITH OPERATING & MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS/ DC ADAPTER MARKED IN RED 'INTERNATIONAL CONVERTER CORP./ COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.'/ DECAL ON BEACON END READING 'MPR 102'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- ORANGE CASING WITH WHITE & CLEAR PARTS/ METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE ENAMEL PAINTED STAND
- Decoration
- MULTICOLOURED DECAL READING 'USA.CANADA.FRANCE.CCCP/ SARSAT HOCMAC' WITH FLAGS OF PARTICIPATING NATIONS & ILLUSTRATION OF PLANET EARTH & 2 SATELLITES.
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MPR TELTECH LTD., Beacon, circa 1990, Artifact no. 1991.0024, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0024.001/
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