General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

handset

Patents

N/A

General Description

synthetic black casing with metal insert between the upper and lower casing, a synthetic telephone cable with a clear synthetic phone jack with metal connectors.

Dimensions

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

Length

77.0 cm

Width

5.5 cm

Height

6.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Motorola

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

This car phone system came to the Museum as part of a small collection of early mobile phone equipment donated to the Museum in 2008. The March 2012 Info Telecom newsletter featuring an article written by the donor, briefly describes his connection with the objects: "Louis Houbart is a wireless technology consultant who has worked in the field for the past 32 years. He has been a professional trainer since 1988 and has developed and given many courses and workshops on the subject. Louis is a member of the Community of Telecommunications Consultants."

Function

To make and receive phone calls in an automobile.

Technical

In this particular case the radio unit would be installed in the trunk of the car. The cable, attached to the radio unit at one end, would be fed into the cabin, where the other end would be attached to the handset. And additional jack on the cable allows for the attachment of the hands-free unit, which in turn, is also connected to the hands-free microphone. This microphone can be mounted on the sun visor, or any other location that would limit road noise.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's plate: "[Motorola trademark] MOTOROLA". Mfr's label: "[symbol] Bell Cellulaire",

Missing

Nothing missing.

Finish

A synthetic molded black casing with a silver metal between the upper and lower casing, synthetic white and black alphanumeric push buttons and a synthetic telephone cable with a clear synthetic phone jack. On the left side two synthetic black buttons with white dots in the centre.

Decoration

None