General Information

Serial #

6040097

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL PUNCH CHASSIS WITH SYNTHETIC MECHANISM CASING, REEL, BUTTONS, PARTS/ METAL WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC SHIPPING CASE WITH METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

51.5 cm

Width

45.0 cm

Height

33.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Measurement-position

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Facit

Country

Sweden

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1970S-1980S

Canada

SWEDISH-MADE COMPONENT OF CANADIAN PRODUCED POSITIONING SYSTEM, USED BY GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADIAN DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES, & RESOURCES. IT ENABLED SURVEY OF CANADIAN SUBARCTIC WITHOUT USING MANUAL METHODS SUCH AS TRIANGULATION CHAINS. CANADIAN MARCONI WAS ABLE TO PROVE ITSELF CAPABLE OF HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION.

Function

DEVICE WHICH INSCRIBES DATA ON PAPER TAPE IN FORM OF PUNCHED HOLES. THIS ONE WAS PART OF USER SEGMENT OF SATELLITE-BASED POSITIONING SYSTEM. ANTENNA SENT SATELLITE SIGNALS TO RECEIVER-SIGNAL PROCESSOR, WHERE DOPPLER SHIFT OF MOVING SATELLITE WAS MEASURED. RESULTING DATA WAS PUNCHED ON PAPER TAPE BY THIS UNIT. TAPE READER INPUT DATA INTO COMPUTER WHICH TRANSLATED IT INTO GEOGRAPHIC POSITION.

Technical

1970S-1980S TAPE PUNCH, PART OF EARLY SPACE-BASED POSITIONING SYSTEM USED IN NAVIGATION, SURVEYING ETC. IT MADE USE OF DOPPLER EFFECT MEASURED BY TRACKING SINGLE SATELLITE, & THUS WAS RELATIVELY SLOW. IT WAS SUCCEEDED BY MUCH FASTER & MORE PRECISE GPS SYSTEM BASED ON RADIO SIGNALS FROM SEVERAL NAVSTAR SATELLITES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON PUNCH READING 'FACIT/ Type 4070/ Code 0004/ No 6040097/ Made in Sweden' & '100-240V/ 50-100Hz/ 200V'/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PLATE WITH WHITE 'FACIT' ON FRONT OF PUNCH/ PLATE ON PUNCH READING 'TAPE PUNCH/ PART NO. 245-471521-00 SER. NO. 103/ WT. 29LB. MFR. CODE 90073/ CANADIAN MARCONIC COMPANY'/ LABEL ON PUNCH READS 'EMR INVENTORY CONTROL/ EMR CONTROLE DES STOCKS/ R.C./C.R. 633 015840/ EQ. CODE D'EQUIPE 7025-21-889-1301'/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ BLACK LETTERING ON CASE READS 'PAPER TAPE PUNCH/ P/N 245-471521-00'/ HANDWRITTEN '#103' IN SEVERAL PLACES ON CASE

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED GREY PAINTED CHASSIS/ GOLD & LIGHT GREY SYNTHETIC CASING PARTS/ DARK GREY SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL WITH WHITE, GREEN, RED, & ORANGE SWITCHES/ LIGHT GREY REEL/ DARK GREY & WHITE SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METALLIC PARTS/ GREY CASE WITH METALLIC PARTS & BLACK SYNTHETIC HANDLE GRIPS

Decoration

N/A