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- OBJECT TYPE
- EMERGENCY LOCATOR/121.1 MHZ
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0451.001
- MANUFACTURER
- POINTER INDUSTRIES
- MODEL
- SENTRY/ C-4000
- LOCATION
- Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 403999
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL ANTENNA & PARTS/ RUBBER? SWITCH COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- POINTER
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Arizona
- City
- Phoenix
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
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EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACON CARRIED BY AIRCRAFT OR INDIVIDUAL ON GROUND IN ISOLATED LOCATION. WHEN ACTIVATED, IT TRANSMITS SIGNAL TO ORBITING SATELLITE; SIGNAL IS RELAYED TO GROUND TERMINAL WHICH LOCATES & IDENTIFIES SIGNALING BEACON, & APPROPRIATE SEARCH & RESCUE AUTHORITIES ARE THEN NOTIFIED. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK & METALLIC LABEL ON TOP READING "POINTER SENTRY/ AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER/ MDOEL C-4000/ TYPE APPROVAL ASSIGNEE. CENTRUM AVIONICS LTD., MISSISSAUGA, ONT., CAN./ MANUFACTURED BY POINTER INDUSTRIES, PHOENIX, ARIZONA, U.S.A." & "S/N 403999/ CANADIAN SPEC. R.S.S. 147/ ISSUE 3/ TYPE APPROVALNO. 273473002F/ FREQUENCY 121 MHz/ WEIGHT 1.5 LB. (.7 Kg)"/ BLACK CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON METALLIC LABEL/ REMNANT OF LABEL ON SIDE PROBABLY READS "POINTER AVIONICS/ 1320 SHAWSON DRIVE/ MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO L4W 1C3/ A Division of/ Pointer Electronic Industries Limited"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK CASING/ BLUE SYNTHETIC PART/ PLATED PARTS/ BLACK SWITCH
- Decoration
- POINTER DOG SYMBOL, OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS & SPECIFICATIONS ALSO ON MFR.'S LABEL
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POINTER INDUSTRIES, Beacon, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1989.0451, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0451.001/
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