General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

10

Total Parts

21

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Unknown

Dimensions

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

Length

33.0 cm

Width

10.0 cm

Height

10.1 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radar

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Decca

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

THIS EQUIPMENT USED 1968 TO 1990.

Canada

EQUIPMENT FROM CANADA'S FIRST VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES (VTS) CENTRE, USED IN THE PORT OF MONTREAL 1968-1990. THIS CENTRE WAS 1 0F 2 MAJOR COMM. JUNCTIONS IN A LARGER VHF RADIO NETWORK CONSISTING OF 6 SHORE CENTRES AND 18 REPORTING POINTS EST'D ALONG THE ST. LAWRENCE FROM LES ESCOUMINS (EAST) TO MONTREAL (WEST).

Function

TO MONITOR THE FLOW OF MARINE TRAFFIC WITHIN A SPECIFIED AREA.

Technical

THE VTS CENTRE USED RADAR & RADIO TO MONITOR AND CONTROL SHIPPING TRAFFIC IN MONTREAL HARBOUR 24 HOURS A DAY. IT WAS BASED ON STANDARD SHIPBOARD RADAR EQ., AUGMENTED BY STANDARD MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION LINKS AND A SIMPLE SUPERVISORY CONTROL UNIT DESIGNED BY DECCA RADAR CANADA. (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" SINGER GPL 1000 " appears on both side panels; white decal on right side bears handwritten text " 9 janvier 1990 [illegible] "./ Black decal on housing end reads : SINGER/ SINGER-GENERAL PRECISION INC./ LINK DIVISION/ BINGHAMTON, N.Y., U.S.A./ PT. NO. 5417-311-13 SP/ SER. NO. 3130 50-60-400 HZ/ VOLTS 105-400 0.5 AMPS "./ " GpL " printed in red above lens mounting./ Lens housing marked " Schneider- Kreuznach 11 309 676 Xenon 1:0.95/50 "; " Lens made in Germany " marked on lens casing./ Lens adjustment settings all labelled.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Blue-grey wrinkle textured finish on camera casing; silver metal trim & contrast panels; black lens housing.

Decoration

N/A