General Information

Serial #

TSA 66-003

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 ALUMINUM CASING/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS./.2 METAL CASING/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS./.3-.4 PLASTIC WITH METAL SCREWS/.5 VENEER COVERED PLYWOOD/ BRASS SCREWS/ PLASTIC RULER WITH PAPER SCALE./.6 PLASTIC RULER

Dimensions

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

Length

20.2 cm

Width

13.4 cm

Height

15.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Upper air pressure, temperature & humidity measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Environment CA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1960s

Canada

DEVELOPED BY METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CANADA TO PROVIDE DETAILED READINGS OF THE LOWER 500 M. OF ATMOSPHERE.

Function

DEVICE RAISED BY TETHERED BALLOON AND USED TO READ TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY AND AIR PRESSURE OF LOWER 500 M. OF ATMOSPHERE, AND TO TRANSMIT DATA TO EARTH (1).

Technical

A TETHERED BALLOON RADIOSONDE SYSTEM, DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 1960'S & ONTAINING A SPECIALLY DESIGNED PRESSURE TRANSDUCER & SERVOSWITCH MECHANISM FOR THE LOW PRESSURE MECHANISM (1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 Plate reading 'M.S.C. AUDIO MODULATED/ TETHERSONDE/ SERIAL NO. TSA 66-003'/.2 Plate reading 'M.S.C. TETHERSONDE/ FREQUENCY CONVERTOR/ SERIAL NO TFC 68-011'/.3 Black lettering reading 'TETHERSONDE/ TEMPERATURE EVALUATOR/ TYPE A2'/.4 Black lettering reading 'TETHERSONDE/ HUMIDITY EVALUATOR/ MSC NO. 500B'/.6 Lettering on paper scales reading 'INST. #86355'.

Missing

OTHER SYSTEMS PARTS: RADIO RECEIVER, RECORDER, ANTENNA & ACCESSORIES, BALLOON & ACCESSORIES/ .6 ORIGINALLY BELONGED WITH DIFFERENT INSTRUMENT (#86355). From CA of 10/20/1993 by Tony Missio: Undetermined

Finish

.1 GREY CASING/ WHITE THERMISTOR, SUPPORT ARM, SWITCHES/ BROWN & BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS/ GOLD TONE MOTOR? CASING/ GREY ANTENNA/.2 GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ PLATED PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/.3-.4 WHITE PLASTIC/.5 BROWN VENEER/ CLEAR COLOURLESS PLASTIC/.6 CLEAR COLOURLESS PLASTIC

Decoration

N/A