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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

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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
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
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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