Pager, telephone

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OBJECT TYPE: NUMERIC/150.185 MHZ/BATTERY
DATE: 1975
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0043.001

MANUFACTURER: Motorola
MODEL: XA03AGC1568AA/MTRX
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 416AEQ3192
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETICEXTERIOR/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 8.2 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Height: 3.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telephony
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Motorola
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1970S & 1980S
Canada: FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1950S, PAGERS WERE FIRST WIDELY USED PERSONAL RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES. FIRST PAGING SYSTEM IN CANADA WAS LICENSED IN 1968. METRIX IS EXAMPLE OF PAGER USED IN CANADA IN 1970S & 1980S. IT WAS RETURNED TO BELL MOBILITY BY CLIENT & SINCE IT WAS OBSOLETE & INTENDED FOR DISPOSAL IT WAS KEPT BY DONOR, WHO WAS EMPLOYEE OF BELL MOBILITY.
Function: DEVICE USED TO RECEIVE RADIO SIGNAL SENT BY PAGING SERVICE, GENERATE TONE, & DISPLAY TELEPHONE NUMBER NOTIFYING USER OF SOMEONE SEEKING COMMUNICATION WITH HIM OR HER.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF TONE PAGING TECHNOLOGY/ WHENEVER NUMBER WAS DIALED, PAGER WOULD BEEP & USER WOULD HAVE TO CALL IN TO OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. WITH NO MEMORY TO HOLD NUMBERS, PAGER NUMBER COULD NOT BE GIVEN OUT WIDELY (REF. 3).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LABEL READING "D.O.C. EXEMPTION NO. P140/ MODEL NO. XA0 3A GC1 56 8AA/ SERIAL NO. 416A EQ 3192/ FREQUENCY 150.185/ MOTOROLA"/ INDENTED LOGO READING "MOTOROLA"
Missing: LABELS?
Finish: BLACK TEXTURED EXTERIOR/ BRUSHED METAL PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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Motorola, Pager, telephone, circa 1975, Artifact no. 2003.0043, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0043.001/

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