Cabinet, operator

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OBJECT TYPE
APT/SATELLITE GROUND SECTION
DATE
1972
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1986.0024.001
MANUFACTURER
CAE Electronics Ltd.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Montréal, Québec, Canada

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC METER, CLOCK & DIAL CASINGS, CONTROLS, LIGHTS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length
100.2 cm
Width
56.0 cm
Height
183.5 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Meteorology
Category
Long range forecasting equipment
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
CAE
Country
Canada
State/Province
Québec
City
Montréal

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
British Columbia
Period
1972+
Canada
Used with American ESSA satellites, which provided meteorological data to ground satellite receiving stations of the Canadian Meteorological Service across Canada.
Function
Operator's control unit for antenna & receiving unit of APT (Automatic Picture Transmission) ground receiving station, used to pick up weather data from satellites.
Technical
Part of APT system, whereby weather satellite pictures provided by a vidicon camera system could be transmitted to simple ground read-out stations anywhere on the globe.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
black, white & green "CAE" logo on position indicator
Missing
OSCILLOSCOPE & TAPE RECORDER - BOTH WERE MFD BY HEWLETT PACKARD CO.
Finish
BLUE-GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ OFF-WHITE ENAMEL PAINTED FRONT PANEL OF UNITS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC CASINGS, KNOBS/ RED & WHITE LIGHTS/ PLATED SWITCH & HANDLES
Decoration
BLACK LETTERING ON PANELS

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