Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

102

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

GPS

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

METAL CHASSIS & FRONT & BACK PANELS, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, METER CASINGS, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC SHIPPING CASE WITH METAL PARTS

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

67,0 cm

Largeur

56,0 cm

Hauteur

27,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Transports maritimes

Catégorie

Instruments et équipement de navigation

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Marconi

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Ville

Montréal

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Période

1970S-1980S

Canada

CANADIAN MADE & DISTRIBUTED POSITIONING EQUIPMENT, USED BY GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADIAN DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES, & RESOURCES. IT ENABLED SURVEY OF CANADIAN SUBARCTIC WITHOUT USING MANUAL METHODS SUCH AS TRIANGULATION CHAINS. CANADIAN MARCONI WAS ABLE TO PROVE ITSELF CAPABLE OF HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION.

Fonction

USER SEGMENT OF SATELLITE-BASED POSITION LOCATING SYSTEM. ASSOCIATED ANTENNA SENT SATELLITE SIGNALS TO THIS UNIT WHERE DOPPLER SHIFT OF MOVING SATELLITE WAS MEASURED OVER TIME. PAPER TAPE PUNCH PLACED DATA ON TAPE. PAPER TAPE READER INPUT DATA INTO MINICOMPUTER WHICH TRANSLATED IT INTO GEOGRAPHIC POSITION.

Technique

EARLY SPACE-BASED POSITION LOCATING SYSTEM, USED IN NAVIGATION, SURVEYING ETC. IT MADE USE OF DOPPLER EFFECT MEASURED BY TRACKING SINGLE SATELLITE, & THUS WAS FAIRLY SLOW. IT WAS SUCCEEDED BY MUCH FASTER & MORE PRECISE GPS SYSTEM BASED ON RADIO SIGNALS FROM SEVERAL NAVSTAR SATELLITES.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

PLATE ON CONTROL PANEL FRONT READS 'NNS RECEIVER/SIGNAL PROCESSOR/ CMA-722/ PART NO. 245-471518-000 SER.NO. 102/ WT. 54 LB. MFR CODE 90073/ CANADIAN MARCONI COMPANY'/ LABEL ON BACK READS 'EMR INVENTORY CONTROL EMR CONTROLE DES STOCKS/R.C./C.R. 633 015811/ EQ CODE D'EQUIPE 5825-21-889-0173'/ BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT & BACK PANELS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ETC./ LABEL ON FRONT READS IN ENGLISH & FRENCH 'If found return to/ GEODETIC SURVEY/ SURVEYS & MAPPING BRANCH/ 615 BOOTH ST./ OTTAWA, ONT.'/ BLACK LETTERING ON EXTERIOR READS 'NNS RECEIVER/SIGNAL PROCESSOR/ P/N 245-472372-000/ SER. 102 MFR. 90073'

Manque

APPEARS COMPLETE

Fini

GREY ENAMEL PAINTED FRONT & BACK PANELS/ WHITE & BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ PLATED SWITCHES & METALLIC PARTS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT METER CASINGS/ GREY CASE WITH METALLIC PARTS & BLACK SYNTHETIC HANDLE GRIPS

Décoration

S/O