General Information

Serial #

DEMONSTRATOR

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING/ SYNTHETIC FABRIC STRAP/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

36.0 cm

Width

9.2 cm

Height

8.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Communications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MPR

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

City

Burnaby

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1990+

Canada

CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT DEVICE INTENDED FOR USE IN INTERNATIONAL COPAS/SARSAT SATELLITE PROGRAMME, IN WHICH CANADA WAS ONE OF ORIGINAL PARTICIPANTS. COPAS/SARSAT PROGRAMME WAS INITIATED IN 1979 & BECAME OPERATIONAL IN 1982. IN SEPT. 1989, MPR WAS AWARDED FEDERAL CONTRACT TO DEVELOPED FOR FIELD TRIAL IN ARCTIC.

Function

EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACON CARRIED BY INDIVIDUALS IN ISOLATED LAND LOCATIONS. WHEN ACTIVATED, IT TRANSMITS SIGNAL TO ORBITING SATELLITE; SIGNAL IS RELAYED TO GROUND TERMINAL WHERE SIGNALING BEACON IS LOCATED & IDENTIFIED, & APPROPRIATE SEARCH & RESCUE AUTHORITIES NOTIFIED.

Technical

PLB PRODUCED BY PRIVATE INDUSTRY, USING DEDICATED 406 MHz FREQUENCY DETECTED BY LOW-ORBITING SATELLITES, THUS ALLOWING RAPID DETECTION, DETERMINATION OF POSITION WITHIN 5 KM, BEACON IDENTIFICATION, & RAPID RESPONSE. OLDER EMERGENCY & LOCATION SYSTEMS DEPENDED ON PASSING SHIPS OR AIRCRAFT FOR BEACON LOCATION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLUE LETTERING READING: 'PERSONAL/ LOCATOR BEACON MPR RADIOBALISE/ PERSONNELLE DE REPERAGE/ MODE/MODELE L-1000 COMMUNICATIONS CANADA RSS TBD' WITH ADDITIONAL HEADINGS FOR INFO NOT PROVIDED, ON BACK/ SIMILAR LETTERING ON FRONT READS: 'MPR/ 406 MHz PLB/ Personal Locator Beacon' & 'MODEL/MODELE L-1000' WITH FRENCH & ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONS, WARNINGS, & CONTROL FUNCTION LABELS ON FRONT & SIDES/ LETTERING ON ANTENNA READS: 'KATHREIN/ K 71 51 2 16'/ INCISED LETTERING ON ANTENNA JOINER READS: 'KINGS KA-79-83'/ BLACK LETTERED DECALS ON END & SIDE READ: 'DEMONSTRATION MODEL' WITH ADDITIONAL INFO.

Missing

N/A

Finish

ORANGE CASING/ BLACK STRAP & ANTENNA/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A