Indicator, Distance Measuring Equipment

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2005.0192.001

MANUFACTURER: King Radio Corp.
MODEL: KDI 570
LOCATION: Olathe, Kansas, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 2032
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: Indicator, DME
Patents: N/A
General Description: Predom. aluminum; plastic knobs; glass (?) windows

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.2 cm
Width: 8.3 cm
Height: 8.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Aircraft instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: King
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Kansas
City: Olathe

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Likely installed before the DHC-6 Twin Otter's first flight in 1965; removed after its last flight in Sept. 1973.
Canada: Unknown
Function: Distance measuring equipment (DME) is a transponder-based radio navigation technology that measures distance between the aircraft and a land-based transponder by timing the propagation delay of VHF or UHF radio signals.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering centrally located on face reads: "NAUTICAL MILES"; lettering on masking tape on top of housing reads: "D.H."; lettering on masking tape on side of housing reads: "CF-DHC"; lettering on mfr. plate on back reads:"KDI 570 DME INDICATOR/P/N 066-3003-00/SERIAL NO. (engraved) 2032 WT. 2.2 lbs./KING RADIO CORP. TSO C66/OLATHE KS USA CAT. B-1.P."
Missing: N/A
Finish: Black housing, face & knobs; white lettering on face; clear windows display white numbering; silver connector at back; tan masking tape labels with black lettering hand written in pencil.
Decoration: None.

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King Radio Corp., Indicator, Distance Measuring Equipment, circa 1965, Artifact no. 2005.0192, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2005.0192.001/

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