General Information

Serial #

2

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

73.5 cm

Width

76.5 cm

Height

118.9 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

CAE

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

1972+

Canada

USED WITH AMERICAN ESSA SATELLITES, WHICH PROVIDED METEOROLOGICAL DATA TO GROUND SATELLITE RECEIVING STATIONS OF CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE ACROSS CANADA

Function

AN AUTOMATED DEVICE FOR REPRODUCING PROCESSED PHOTOS FROM SATELLITE VIDEO SIGNALS, USED TO PICK UP WEATHER DATA AS PART OF AN APT (AUTOMATIC PICTURE TRANSMISSION) GROUND RECEIVING STATION

Technical

PART OF APT SYSTEM WHEREBY WEATHER SATELLITE PICTURES PROVIDED BY VIDICON CAMERA SYSTEM COULD BE TRANSMITTED TO SIMPLE GROUND READ-OUT STATIONS ANYWHERE ON THE GLOBE'

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

plate on back reading "MODEL FH-8100/PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCER/55600.01.2848/115 V AC 60 CPS 350 W/SERIAL 0002/cae/CAE INDUSTRIES LTD./ELECTRONICS DIV., MONTREAL, CANADA"/ black, silver & green "CAE" logo on front

Missing

PAPER REMAINING INDICATOR & VIDEO LEVEL INDICATING METER MISSING FROM CONTROL PANEL. SEE COMPLETE CONTROL PANEL WITH COLLECTION PARTS

Finish

BLUE-GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ OFF-WHITE TOP & FRONT CONTROL PANEL/ WHITE SYNTHETIC BUTTONS/ PLATED METAL KNOBS/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED FRONT SLOT

Decoration

BLACK LETTERING ON BUTTONS, MARKINGS ON KNOBS