General Information

Serial #

102

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ METAL STAND

Dimensions

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

Length

68.0 cm

Width

21.5 cm

Height

26.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Communications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MPR

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

City

Burnaby

Context

Country

Unknown

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. MPR BECAME INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION OF 406 EPIRB IN 1988 & SATFIND-406 EPIRB WAS ACCEPTED BY CDN COAST GUARD IN DEC. 1990 & WAS APPROVED BY DOC IN JAN.1991.

Function

EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACON MOUNTED ON SHIP AT SEA. WHEN ACTIVATED, MANUALLY OR AUTOMATICALLY, IT TRANSMITS SIGNAL TO ORBITING SATELLITE; SIGNAL IS RELAYED TO GROUND TERMINAL WHERE SIGNALING BEACON IS LOCATED & IDENTIFIED AND APPROPRIATE SEARCH & RESCUE AUTHORITIES NOTIFIED.

Technical

THIS ONE OF FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED EPIRB'S. IT USES DEDICATED FREQUENCY OF 406 MHZ DETECTED BY LOW-ORBITING SATELLITES, THUS ALLOWING IMMEDIATE DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION & LOCATION OF SIGNAL, & RAPID RESPONSE. OLDER SYSTEMS USING 121.5 MHZ INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS FREQUENCY WERE DEPENDENT ON PASSING SHIPS OR AIRCRAFT FOR LOCATION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLUE LETTERING READING IN FRENCH & ENGLISH: 'MPR/ Emegency Position Indicating Radio Beacon/ MODEL C1-1000/ CANADIAN CLASS I EPIRB', 'FOR MARINE USE ONLY', 'TRANSMISSION FREQUENCY & POWER: 406.025 MHz, 5 W AND 121.500 MHz, 25 Mw.', 'OPERATING TEMPERATURE: -20 C TO +55 C. OPERATING DURATION: 48 HOURS/ STORAGE TEMPERATURE: -40 C TO +65 C.', WITH OPERATING & MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS/ DC ADAPTER MARKED IN RED 'INTERNATIONAL CONVERTER CORP./ COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.'/ DECAL ON BEACON END READING 'MPR 102'

Missing

N/A

Finish

ORANGE CASING WITH WHITE & CLEAR PARTS/ METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE ENAMEL PAINTED STAND

Decoration

MULTICOLOURED DECAL READING 'USA.CANADA.FRANCE.CCCP/ SARSAT HOCMAC' WITH FLAGS OF PARTICIPATING NATIONS & ILLUSTRATION OF PLANET EARTH & 2 SATELLITES.