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OBJECT TYPE: PORTABLE
DATE: 1977
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2018.0173.002

MANUFACTURER: Spilsbury & Tindall Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal lid with a synthetic handle.

Dimensions

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

Length: 22.3 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Height: 6.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Spilsbury Tindall
Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Yukon
Period: 1977-1990
Canada: This SBX-11 radio was purchased in 1977 by Stan Rosenbaum for the Ottawa chapter of the Alpine Club of Canada. It was purchased for use in the arctic and Yukon, and was intermittently rented to groups until 1990. This radio was notably used on expeditions to Baffin Island, Ellesmere Island, the Icefield Ranges of the Saint Elias mountains in the Yukon and one trip to northern Pakistan. Various government departments doing geological and glaciological studies in arctic and alpine regions also used similar or identical radios. The SBX-11 is recognized as one of the most popular transceivers used in the Canadian north in the 1970s-80s.
Function: Covers and protects the microphone and controls of a portable transceiver during transport.
Technical: The SBX-11 (first introduced in 1970) was Spilsbury & Tindall’s most successful radio communications set, and a standard unit for remote mobile communications in the 1970s-80s in Canada. In 1982, Jim Spilsbury issued an internal memo claiming the SBX-11 had sold around 6000 units and enjoyed 100% of the market share for mobile SSB units in Canada (see oarc.net ref below). Note: SSB stands for Single-Sideband Modulation, and represented an improvement in amplitude modulation (allowing for greater efficiency, both through a reduction of power and a halving of bandwidth requirements).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On the sticker on the proper front: "[logo] SPILSBURY &/ TINDALL LTD./ VANCOUVER, CANADA"/ Inscribed into the paint on the proper top: "PROPERTY OF: OTTAWA SECTION, ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA"
Missing: Unknown
Finish: Green painted metal casing with silver-coloured plated metal clasps and a black synthetic handle. On the proper front of the lid is a silver-coloured manufacturer's sticker with black text and a red and black logo. On the inside of the lid is a silver-coloured lid to secure a set of operating instructions.
Decoration: N/A

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Spilsbury & Tindall Ltd., Lid, circa 1977, Artifact no. 2018.0173, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2018.0173.002/

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