Cable

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OBJECT TYPE: antenna/television
DATE: 1960–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0298.003

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal wire with synthetic and wood. Fil en métal avec éléments en synthétique et bois.

Dimensions

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

Length: 18.5 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Height: 2.6 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 cable used to connect an antenna rotor to its controller. Un câble utilisé pour connecter un rotor d’antenne à son contrôleur.
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: None apparent
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: A black cable with four wires coming out the ends coated in blue, grey, green, and black. One end is connected to a red painted piece of brown wood with a translucent white connection bar. Un câble noir avec quatre fils sortant des extrémités recouvertes de bleu, gris, vert et noir. Une extrémité est reliée à un morceau de bois brun peint en rouge avec une barre de connexion blanche translucide.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cable, circa 1960–1969, Artifact no. 2007.0298, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2007.0298.003/

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