Tube, battery

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1977
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2018.0173.005

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Synthetic tube.

Dimensions

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

Length: 17.5 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 3.5 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

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: Contains and holds in orientation D cell batteries for use in a mobile transceiver.
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: None apparent
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: White synthetic tube.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Tube, battery, circa 1977, Artifact no. 2018.0173, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2018.0173.005/

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