Antenna
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- OBJECT TYPE
- cellular
- DATE
- 1990
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2008.0640.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Antenna Co.
- MODEL
- 815 Trucker
- LOCATION
- Itasca, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
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.
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Antenna Co., Antenna, circa 1990, Artifact no. 2008.0640, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2008.0640.001/
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