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