SOVIET COSMONAUT SURVIVAL RADIO-BEACON-BEEPER *KOMAR*

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SOVIET COSMONAUT SURVIVAL RADIO-BEACON-BEEPER *KOMAR*
It's offered to your attention the Soviet
radio-beacon "KOMAR"
what means
"mosquito"
in Russian. This device
helps the rescuers to find the cosmonauts after landing.
The name of the radio transmitter reminds the signal what this beacon-beeper sends out when turned on. The
orange inflatable cone
is visible from the long distanse after the beacon coordinates are determined by radio-radars. Such radio-beacons were used by the early Soviet spacecraft cosmonauts to be easy found if they land far from the expected area.
Soviet space lovers and serious collectors are welcome!
The beacon-beeper has interesting design - its body is quite heavy and its orange cone is inflatable by pressurized air what is containing in a special ballon. When the ballon trigger is pulled by a cosmonaut, the air inflates the orange cone what stands vertically after this procedure. The antenna is in the cone, so it stands vertically too, what is the best position for radio signal transmitting.
SIZE - about 20 inches long (the pennon).
CONDITION - cosmetically PERFECT, mechanically and electronically NOT TESTED.
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