Nokia Cell Phone with "Mayday" Emergency Transceiver

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Object Details

maker

Nokia Inc.

NAVSYS Corporation

Description

This equipment, originally built by NAVSYS of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was the basis of a federal experimental emergency response system from 1995. Tested in Colorado, the system relied on GPS data and map databases to provide the location of emergency cellular calls. Based on this testing, the Federal Communications Commission established regulations which required the caller's location to be provided to first responders for all mobile E-911 calls. Commercial services—Ford’s Rescu, General Motors OnStar—superseded this test system.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

from NAVSYS Corporation through Alison Brown

date made

ca 1996

ID Number

2010.0119.01

accession number

2010.0119

catalog number

2010.0119.01

Object Name

cellular telephone

radio transceiver

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

leather (overall material)

metal (part: material)

plastic (part: material)

Measurements

.01: cell phone: 7 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.445 cm

.02: transceiver: 7 in x 6 in x 1 1/4 in; 17.78 cm x 15.24 cm x 3.175 cm

.03: control unit: 5 1/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 13.0175 cm x 19.05 cm x 6.985 cm

.04: user interface: 4 in x 3 in x 2 in; 10.16 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm

.05: battery: 7 in x 3 in x 1 1/8 in; 17.78 cm x 7.62 cm x 2.8575 cm

.06: computer chips: 1 1/2 in x 5/8 in x 3/8 in; 3.81 cm x 1.5875 cm x .9525 cm

.07: case: 7 in x 4 in x 9 in; 17.78 cm x 10.16 cm x 22.86 cm

.08: antenna: 2 in x 2 in x 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.905 cm

.09: data interface: 3 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 7.62 cm x 7.3025 cm x 2.8575 cm

.10: handset cable: 39 in x 1/2 in; 99.06 cm x 1.27 cm

.11: gray modular cable: 83 in x 1/4 in; 210.82 cm x .635 cm

.12: gray adapter cable: 196 in x 1 in; 497.84 cm x 2.54 cm

.13: control unit cable: 12 in x 1/8 in; 30.48 cm x .3175 cm

.14: microphone: 1 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in x 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 2.8575 cm x 1.905 cm

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-c0e6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1405541