Microphone

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OBJECT TYPE: mobile/cellular/vehicular
DATE: 1984–1994
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2008.0635.004

MANUFACTURER: Motorola Inc.
MODEL: V.S.P./V.S.P. 11
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: TMN6162B
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 5
AKA: V.S.P. hands-free microphone
Patents: N/A
General Description: resin (rubber?) casing over the cable, metal microphone jack, metal visor clip attached to microphone, and plastic microphone.

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.0 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: 4.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Motorola
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: This car phone system came to the Museum as part of a small collection of early mobile phone equipment donated to the Museum in 2008. The March 2012 Info Telecom newsletter featuring an article written by the donor, briefly describes his connection with the objects: "Louis Houbart is a wireless technology consultant who has worked in the field for the past 32 years. He has been a professional trainer since 1988 and has developed and given many courses and workshops on the subject. Louis is a member of the Community of Telecommunications Consultants."
Function: Unknown
Technical: In this particular case the radio unit would be installed in the trunk of the car. The cable, attached to the radio unit at one end, would be fed into the cabin, where the other end would be attached to the handset. And additional jack on the cable allows for the attachment of the hands-free unit, which in turn, is also connected to the hands-free microphone. This microphone can be mounted on the sun visor, or any other location that would limit road noise.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: No Mfr's markings.
Missing: Nothing is missing.
Finish: Resin (rubber) coated cable, metal clip and metal microphone jack, and plastic.
Decoration: None.

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Motorola Inc., Microphone, between 1984–1994, Artifact no. 2008.0635, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2008.0635.004/

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