General Information

Serial #

DEMO-1

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALUMINUM BRIEFCASE WITH METAL LATCHES & STEEL HINGES, SYNTHETIC HANDLE/ ALUMINUM TERMINAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC & METAL HANDSET/ METAL? ANTENNA CASING/ SYNTHETIC "VELCRO" STRIPS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

47.0 cm

Width

37.0 cm

Height

13.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Communications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SKYWAVE

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Kanata

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1990

Canada

CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE PROTOTYPE SATELLITE TERMINAL WHICH OPERATES THROUGH TELEGLOBE CANADA'S 18 METRE LAURENTIDES EARTH STATION AT WEIR, PQ. & INMARSAT'SATLANTIC REGION SATELLITE MARECS B2. ORIGINAL NETWORK WAS TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE OTHER AREAS OF WORLD IN 1990'S; BY MID-LATE 1990S, NUMBER OF USERS WAS MUCH LOWER THAN EXPECTED.

Function

PORTABLE BATTERY POWERED SATELLITE TERMINAL WHICH PROVIDES VOICE & DATA COMMUNICATIONS TO USER ON GROUND ANYWHERE WITHIN FOOTPRINT OF SATELLITE. INCOMING & OUTGOING TELEPHONE CALLS MAY BE MADE VIA HANDSET & DATA TRANSMISSION CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY MEANS OF RS232 DATA PORT & SEPARATE PERSONAL COMPUTER.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF PORTABLE VOICE & DATA COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE OPERATING VIA COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE. IT UTILIZED NEW VOICE MODULATION TECHNIQUE ACSSB (AMPLITUDE COMMANDED SINGLE SIDE BAND), & DMSK (DIFFERNTIAL MINIMUM SHIFT KEYING) FOR DATA & CALL SETUP. HIGH GAIN & CIRCULAR POLARIZATION REQUIRED PROVIDED BY FLAT PATCH-ARRAY MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 WHITE LETTERING ON TERMINAL READS "SkyWave/ ELECTRONICS LTD." & "LBT-1 L-BAND TERMINAL"/ LABEL ON TERMINAL SIDE READS "SKYWAVE ELECTRONICS LTD./ 300 March Road/ KANATA ONTARIO K2K 2E2/ PRODUCT L-Band terminal/ MODEL NO. LBT-1/ SERIAL NO. DEMO-1"/ PLATE ON SUITCASE LID READS "ZERO/ HALLIBURTON"/.2 BLACK LETTERING ON CASING READS "SkyWave/ ELECTRONICS LTD."/ LABEL ON ANTENNA READS "SKYWAVE ELECTRONICS LTD./ 300 March Road/ KANATA ONTARIO K2K 2E2/PRODUCT Flat Plate Antenna/ MODEL NO./ SERIAL NO. DEMO-2"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BRUSHED ALUMINUM BRIEFCASE WITH CHROME PLATED LATCHES, BLACK INTERIOR CHASSIS/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED TERMINAL CASING/ BLACK HANDSET, CORD, GREY HANDSET BUTTONS/.2 ANTENNA PAINTED LIGHT GREY/ BLACK VELCRO

Decoration

N/A