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- OBJECT TYPE
- EMERGENCY LOCATOR
- DATE
- 1977
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0449.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Narco Avionics
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 75688
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL ANTENNA, HANDLE, & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.5 cm
- Width
- 8.1 cm
- Height
- 6.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Narco
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Fort Washington
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
EMERGENCY LOCATOR BEACON CARRIED BY AIRCRAFT OR INDIVIDUAL ON GROUND IN ISOLATED LOCATION. WHEN ACTIVATED, IT TRANSMITS SIGNAL TO ORBITING SATELLITE; SIGNAL IS RELAYED TO GROUND TERMINAL WHICH LOCATES & IDENTIFIES SIGNALING BEACON, & APPROPRIATE SEARCH & RESCUE AUTHORITIES ARE THEN NOTIFIED. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- METALLIC LABEL READING "EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER/ ELT 10/ TSO C91/ XMTR.WT.0.3 lbs SER. NO. 75688/ NARCO AVIONICS FT WASHINGTON, PA. U.S.A." WITH "NARCO" LOGO/ BLACK LETTERED LABEL WITH OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS & READING "FREQ. 121.5 & 243.0 MHz FCC. PART 87/ TYPE ELT (P) (AP) (AF) DOC: 285472011F/ TSO: C91 NARCO AVIONICS/ FORT WASHINGTON, PA. U.S.A." & "REPLACE BATTERYBY NOV 28 1977"/ RED WARNING LABEL ABOUT BATTERY USE/ RED LETTERING ON ANTENNA TAB READS "PULL FULLY TO/ EXTEND ANTENNA/ PERSONNEL USE ONLY"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- ORANGE CASING/ METALLIC ANTENNA/ PLATED HANDLE & PARTS/ BLACK SWITCH/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT ANTENNA TAB
- Decoration
- N/A
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Narco Avionics, Beacon, before 1977, Artifact no. 1989.0449, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1989.0449.001/
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