Transponder

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2005.0196.001

MANUFACTURER: Aircraft Radio Corp.
MODEL: C-105C
LOCATION: Boonton, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 210
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Predom. aluminum; plastic face & dials; glass window.

Dimensions

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

Length: 12.0 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Height: 10.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Aircraft instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Aircraft Radio
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Boonton

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Likely installed before the DHC-6 Twin Otter's first flight in 1965; removed after its last flight in Sept. 1973.
Canada: Unknown
Function: In aviation, a transponder (transmitter-responder) is an electronic device that produces a response when it receives a radio-frequency interrrogation; to identify the aircraft on radar and on other aircraft's collision avoidance systems.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering on mfr. plate reads: "CONTROL C-105C/PN 34890-0000/SER (engraved) 210 1.0 LB/TSO-074 ENV.CAT.B/A/B/CAAAE CLASS 1/Aircraft Radio Corporation/BOONTON NEW JERSEY"; lettering ink stamped on panel below mfr. plate reads: "FEB 3 1967"; lettering ink stamped on back inside triangular border reads: "80/ARC"; lettering on logo on face reads: "ARC"; lettering hand written in pencil on strip of masking tape on top of housing reads: "CF-DHC".
Missing: N/A
Finish: Green painted housing; black face with white lettering; clear window covering white numbers; red logo with silver lettering; copper coloured panel on back wiith silver & blue connector; blue mfr. plate with silver lettering; tan strip of masking tape on top of housing with black lettering hand written in pencil.
Decoration: None.

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