Transmitter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM/SINGLE OR DOUBLE SIDEBAND
- DATE
- 1957
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0141.002
- MANUFACTURER
- TECHNICAL MATERIAL CORP.
- MODEL
- SBE-2 [EXCITER], PAL350 [LINEAR AMP], PSP350 [POWER SUPPLY]
- LOCATION
- Mamaroneck, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CABINET/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS/ GLASS, METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 54.0 cm
- Width
- 41.0 cm
- Height
- 77.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Long range forecasting equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TMC
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Mamaroneck
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1957 TO 1958 OR 1959
- Canada
-
USED IN AERIAL SURVEY WORK IN CANADA'S NORTH IN THE LATE 1950'S - Function
-
USED TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE CODE OR VOICE MESSAGES USING AMPLITUDE MODULATION ON EITHER SSB OR DSB. - Technical
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ACCORDING TO DONOR, THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SINGLE BAND SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN THE NORTH & WAS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN OTHER TYPES, ESPECIALLY DURING SUN SPOT ACTIVITY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- UNIT HAS VARIOUS DESIGNATIONS & CALIBRATIONS AROUND KNOBS & ON METERS./ SAME PLATE ON TOP EXCEPT: 'SERIAL No. 143'/ MFRS' PLATES READ: ‘TMC [LOGO] POWER AMPLIFIER/ LINEAR/ MODEL PAL 350/ SERIAL NO. 101/ THE TECHNICAL MATERIAL CORPORATION/ MAMARONECK NEW YORK'/ ‘TMC [LOGO]/ LINEAR/ RF AMPLIFIER/ MODEL RFA-1/ SERIAL NO. 101/ THE TECHNICAL MATERIAL CORPORATION/ MAMARONECK NEW YORK'/ ‘TMC [LOGO]/ TRANSMITTING/ MODE SELECTOR/ MODEL SBE2 SERIAL NO. 202/ THE TECHNICAL MATERIAL CORPORATION/ MAMARONECK, NEW YORK'/ ‘TMC [LOGO]/ EXCITER UNIT/ MODEL A-1516 SBE-2 SERIAL NO. 202/ THE TECHNICAL MATERIAL CORPORATION/ MAMARONECK NEW YORK'/ ‘TMC [LOGO] POWER/ SUPPLY/ MODEL A-1397/ SERIAL NO. 213/ THE TECHNICAL MATERIAL CORPORATION/ MAMARONECK, NEW YORK'/ ‘TMC [LOGO]/ POWER SUPPLY/ ASSEMBLY/ MODEL NO. 350/ SERIAL NO. 102/ THE TECHNICAL CORPORATION/ MAMARONECK, NEW YORK' .
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LIGHT GREY GLOSS PAINTED CABINETS/ BLACK KNOBS/ WHITE & RED PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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TECHNICAL MATERIAL CORP., Transmitter, circa 1957, Artifact no. 1993.0141, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1993.0141.002/
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