General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 ALUMINUM CASE & INNER CHASSIS. BAKELITE FRONT PANEL, WITH SYNTHETIC VIEWING WINDOW & TUNING DIALS. METAL, SYNTHETIC & GLASS COMPONENT PARTS;.2 CASE IS SYNTHETIC, WITH METAL HARDWARE & REINFORCED CORNERS. WOOD, FOAM & FABRIC PADDING INSIDE

Dimensions

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

Length

33.2 cm

Width

19.0 cm

Height

27.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TOWACO

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Towaco

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE 0F EQUIPMENT USED C.1964-1970

Canada

THIS TYPE OF UNIT USED BY BELL TELEPHONE CO. OF CANADA

Function

TO MEASURE THE BIAS, END DISTORTION, AND PEAK DISTORTION OF START-STOP BAUDOT TELEGRAPH SIGNALS

Technical

EXAMPLE OF EARLY ELECTRONIC TELEGRAPH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS. PRIOR TO THIS TECHNOLOGY, DISTORTION WAS MEASURED BY A CAREFULLY CALIBRATED TELEPRINTER AND/OR A CENTER READING MILLIAMETER THAT READ CALIBRATEDPULSES. UNIT IS CAPABLE OF BEING USED ON 60, 75 AND 100 WPM CIRCUITS, USING EITHER 5 OR 6 LEVEL (BAUDET) CODE

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 'TELEGRAPH SIGNAL ANALYZER/ TSA-2A' & 'TOWACO ELECTRONICS/ TOWACO, N.J./ SERIAL' PRINTED IN WHITE ON FRONT PANEL. ALL CONTROLS, ETC. LABELLED. DECAL APPLIED TO CASING TOP READS: 'RETURN FOR/ CHECKING AND/ CALIBRATION/ DURING/ JUL 1967'; SECOND DECAL READS '80' [OR 08]/.2 CASE BEARS DECAL '80' ON LEFT SIDE PANEL; SECOND DECAL READS '871026'

Missing

NONE. REQUIRES TEST LEADS TO BE OPERATIONAL

Finish

BOTH CASE & ANALYZER HAVE FLAT BLACK FINISH..1 HAS LUMINOUS GREEN VIEWING WINDOW

Decoration

N/A