Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DIVERSITY SYSTEM
- DATE
- 1943
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0431.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Radio Corp. of America
- MODEL
- DR89
- LOCATION
- Camden, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL CABINET, CHASSIS & PANELS/ METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.5 cm
- Width
- 53.5 cm
- Height
- 212.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Camden
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1943-1960
- Canada
-
A SIMILAR DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED AT 'CAMP-X' NEAR OSHAWA DURING WWII FOR THE HIGH SPEED TELEGRAPH TERMINAL AT THAT LOCATION/ MODIFIED AR88 RECEIVERS WERE USED WITH LOCALLY MFG. COMBINER PANELS ETC./ W.D.F. BAYLEY WAS THE DESIGN ENGINEER/ THE DR89 RECEIVER IS ALMOST IDENTICAL WITH THATPROTOTYPE - Function
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TO RECEIVE RADIO SIGNALS OVER THE LONG HAUL, USUALLY OVERSEAS BROADCASTS/ SYSTEM USED PRIMARILY FOR HIGH SPEED TELEGRAPHY & TELEPRINTER TRAFFIC AND SOME BROADCAST CIRCUITS - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: 'DIVERSITY RECEIVER/ MODEL DR-89/ MI-/ 17815/ RCA [LOGO]/ SERIAL/ 147/ SEE LICENSE NOTICE INSIDE/ RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA/ CAMDEN, N.J. U.S.A.'/ PLATE: 'RCVR NO.78'/ ON 2 RECEIVERS: 'RCA [LOGO]/ AR-88/ FREQUENCY 540 KC TO 32 MC/ H.F. TONE/ NOISE LIMITER'/ CALIBRATIONS & DESIGNATIONS AROUND VARIOUS KNOBS & SWITCHES
- Missing
- ONE AR88 RECEIVER From CA of 06/26/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing base plate for receiver .2, various wires and cables may be missing.
- Finish
- RACK & PANELS - BLACK WRINKLE ENAMEL/ TRANSFORMERS & OTHER MOUNTED COMPONENTS, FLAT BLACK OR GRAY
- Decoration
- RECEIVERS HAVE TWO CHROMED STRIPS ABOVE & BELOW TUNING DIAL/ WINDOW WITH A ROUND RED & CHROME RCA INSIGNIA CENTERED BETWEEN THE STRIPS
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