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OBJECT TYPE: VITS
DATE: 1980–1989
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0471.001

MANUFACTURER: Tektronix Inc.
MODEL: 149A
LOCATION: Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: B060666
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASE; SYNTHETIC KNOBS; METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 51.0 cm
Width: 48.5 cm
Height: 9.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Service-test equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Tektronix
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Oregon
City: Beaverton

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS ONE PROBABLY USED IN THE 1980S AND 1990S
Canada: EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CANWEST GLOBAL SYSTEM, THE SECOND-LARGEST PRIVATELY-OWNED, ENGLISH-LANGUAGE TV NETWORK IN CANADA.
Function: USED AS A VITS (VERTICAL INTERVAL TEST SIGNAL) INSERTER FOR ON-AIR TV TESTING [REF 1]
Technical: THIS DEVICE PLACED TEST SIGNALS BETWEEN SCANNING INTERVALS ON OUTGOING NETWORK FEEDS TO ALLOW THE CARRIER (BELL, CNCP, ETC.) TO CHECK ITS LINES [REF 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING ON FRONT INCLUDES: '149A/ NTSC TEST/ SIGNAL GENERATOR' 'PROGRAM CONTROL' 'VITS INSERTION' 'COLOR TEST SIGNAL' 'FULL FIELD SIG'/[SPECIFIC DESIGNATIONS AROUND KNOBS]'/ LABEL ON FRONT: 'CALIBRATED/ DATE JUL 86/ LOCATION BAR/ DATE JAN 87/ Tektronix'/ MFG'S DECAL: 'TEKTRONIX [LOGO]/ TEKTRONIX INC.'/ DECALS ON BACK: 'SERIAL NO./ B060666/ TEKTRONIX BEAVERTON, OREGON, U.S.A' 'PROPERTY OF/ G 1530/ GLOBAL/ COMMUNICATIONS LTD.'/ VARIOUS DESIGNATIONS AROUND INPUT PLUGS/ INSTRUCTIONS ON BACK: 'TO REMOVE INSTRUMENT DURING PROGRAM...'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: CASE: TEXTURED TURQUOISE PAINT; FRONT PANEL MATTE GREY BACKGROUND WITH DARKER GREY AND TURQUOISE TRIM, AND BLACK PRINTING; BACK PANEL BRUSHED METAL WITH BLACK PRINTING; YELLOW CORD
Decoration: N/A

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Tektronix Inc., Generator, signal, between 1980–1989, Artifact no. 1997.0471, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0471.001/

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