General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC/ METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

24.0 cm

Width

12.5 cm

Height

19.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

GLENAYRE

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

City

North Vancouver

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

LATE 1970'S

Canada

MADE AND PROBABLY USED IN CANADA

Function

TO RECEIVE & TRANSMIT TELEPHONE SIGNALS IN AN AUTOMOBILE (MOBILE)

Technical

Type sample of a mobile radiotelephone using Mobile Telephone Service (MTS) technology, which has largely been displaced by cellular phones. Incoming and outgoing calls on this system were completed with the assistance of a mobile operator. The lettered keys (JL, YL, JP, etc.) identify channels, which the user would select manually, depending on availability. MTS networks employed a single base station covering a large area, which meant that in cities all channels were frequently busy. For this reason, in the 1980s, MTS was replaced in urban areas by cellular systems. MTS continued to be used in sparsely populated areas like the Yukon and northern British Columbia in the early 21st century.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MOLDED IN BOTTOM: 'MODEL 1400-C SCANMASTER/ CONTROL HEAD/ MADE IN CANADA BY/ GLENAYRE ELECTRONICS LTD./ NORTH VANCOUVER B.C.'/ ON TOP: 'ON CALLTX BUSY'/ ON BUTTONS: [COMBINATIONS OF 2 LETTERS ON EACH]/ SPEAKER: 'Northern Electric/ MADE IN CANADA/ 65'

Missing

ALL INTERCONNECTING CORDS

Finish

BLACK CRINKLE FINISH ON CABINET/ BLACK SHINY HANDSET/BLACK & GREY BUTTONS

Decoration

RECTANGULAR BUTTONS ARRANGED IN STRAIGHT ROW/ CURLY CORD