General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Synthetic and metal

Dimensions

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

Length

11.8 cm

Width

8.4 cm

Height

2.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Human powered

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Seidel

Country

Austria

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

Period

mid-1990’s – early 2000’s

Canada

Taken from reference: 1 This beacon, used beginning ca. 1994 in Canada by the Parkland Cross Country Ski Club of Red Deer Alberta was part of a fleet of rental devices to club members. An example of a single frequency beacon operating at 457 kHz. http://www.parklandxcskiclub.org/

Function

An avalanche rescue beacon (radio transceiver), is a radio transmitter-receiver device used to detect people buried in snow. This analog device broadcasts a pulsed signal as an audible tone which is picked up by users with other beacons and heard wearing the supplied earphone.

Technical

Taken from reference: 1 An example of a single frequency beacon operating at 457 kHz and a range of 60 to 70 meters. This beacon transmits and receives only at the standardized frequency of 457 kHz introduced in 1990. Not compatible with rescue beacons transmitting at the old frequency of 2,275kHz, such as both SKADI beacons. The standard of 457kHz was adopted in 1986 by the International Commission on Alpine Rescue (IKAR), in 1996 by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), and by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Black print on front "PIEPS 457". Handwritten black print "#28". Black print on other side "SUCHEN/ SEARCH/ RECHERCHE/ RICERCA" ,"SENDEN/ TRANSMISSION/ EMISSION/ TRANSMISSIONE", "ALCALINE TYPE: LR6[/]AA", and "PIEPS 457". Print below with accompanying drawings: "AM KORPER TRAGEN!/ TO BE WORN ON THE BODY!/ PORTEZ SUR LE CORPS!/ PORTARE ADDOSSO AL CORPO!", NICHT KOMPATIBEL MIT/ 2.275 kHz VS-GERATEN./ NOT COMPATIBLE WITH 2.275 kHz/ AVALANCHE TRANCEIVERS./ NE PAS COMPATIBLE AVEC UN/ 2.275 kHz EMETTEUR[/] RECEPTEUR./ NON COMPATIBLE CON 2.275 kHz/ TRASMETTITORE AVALANGHE.". Print below "INTERNAT. MARKETING & SERVICE:/ PULS ELEKTRONIK HAUPTSTR. 12/ A-8302 NESTELBACH [/] GRAZ AUSTRIA", "design/ heufler". The third drawing is the Seidel Elektronik logo: "MADE IN/ AUSTRIA/ SEIDEL/ ELEKTRONIK". Black handwritten print "PARKLAND SKI", and "#28". Top of unit has two dials and "ON" and "OFF".

Missing

Earphones

Finish

Yellow synthetic casing with black print and two black dials. There are two black synthetic dials at the top of the unit. On bottom of unit is a metal plug in for earphones. Yellow fabric strap with black clip fastener.

Decoration

N/A