General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Synthetic cable, a hard synthetic small antenna and a large hard synthetic antenna with a metal base, metal brackets and metal nuts and bolts.

Dimensions

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

Length

46.0 cm

Width

15.0 cm

Height

6.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Antenna

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Itasca

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

This antenna 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 facilitate the transmission and reception of signals for cellular phones used in vehicles.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's label: "[logo] THE ANTENNA COMPANY/ [trademark logo]/(800) 458-2820/1100 MAPLEWOOD DR., ITASCA, IL., 60143/ 815/ TRUCKER/MIRROR MOUNT-ELEVATED FEED/15FT./4.5 METER CABLE/WITH MINI-UHF CONNECTOR/MADE IN U.S.A".

Missing

Nothing is missing.

Finish

A synthetic cable and 2 antennas with the large antenna having a metal base and metal silver brackets and metal nuts and bolts.

Decoration

None.