Rotor control

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OBJECT TYPE: TELEVISION
DATE: 1960–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0298.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: AR-10
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: M069174002 8050
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal and synthetic rotor control. Contrôle de rotor en métal et synthétique.

Dimensions

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

Length: 48.0 cm
Width: 19.2 cm
Height: 7.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: 1960s-1970s
Canada: The donor used the rotor in his cottage in Lac de Sable in Quebec. Le donateur a utilisé le rotor dans son chalet du lac de Sable au Québec.
Function: A device used to control an antenna rotor in order to adjust an outdoor television antenna. Dispositif utilisé pour contrôler un rotor d’antenne afin de régler une antenne de télévision extérieure.
Technical: An example of a rotor used to support and rotate a TV antenna and provide control and diretion indication at a remote point. This was a generic model adaptable to a number of antennas. Exemple de rotor utilisé pour soutenir et faire pivoter une antenne de télévision et fournir des indications de contrôle et de direction à un point éloigné. Il s'agit d'un modèle générique adaptable à un certain nombre d'antennes.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On a plate on the proper front: "CDE antenna rotor"/ Clockwise, on the dial on the proper top: "N/ E/ S/ W"/ On the labels on the proper bottom: "Model AR-10 115 V.A.C./ 60 Cyc. 1.0 Amp./ Mfd. by/ CORNELL-DUBILIER/ ELECTRONICS DIVISION/ Federal Pacific Electric Company/ Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina/ Made in U.S.A./ SERIES 18105/ Use with AR-1, AR-22, AR-228/ AR-10 Rotors only."
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: A black and silver-coloured box with a white dial, black cords, and off-white labels with red text. Boîte noire et argentée avec cadran blanc, cordons noirs et étiquettes blanc cassé avec texte rouge.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Rotor control, circa 1960–1969, Artifact no. 2007.0298, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2007.0298.002/

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