Radiotelephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HANDSET
- DATE
- 1989
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2008.0639.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Motorola
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- GTN (28)
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- A synthetic pebbled molded casing, and a synthetic alphanumeric keypad and phone cable, a clear synthetic phone jack with metal connectors.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
This mobile phone is 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
-
To make and receive phone calls via a cellular network. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's: "[Motorola trademark]/ MOTOROLA ." Mfr's label: "TYPE SCN 2397A/ SER NO. GTN (28)/MFG IN USA BY MOTOROLA INC.".
- Missing
- Nothing is missing.
- Finish
- A moulded pebbled synthetic casing with a synthetic alphanumeric keypad and a clear number display screen with a synthetic phone cable with a clear synthetic phone jack with metal connectors.
- Decoration
- None.
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Motorola, Radiotelephone, circa 1989, Artifact no. 2008.0639, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2008.0639.002/
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