General Information

Serial #

9891

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN CABINET; SHEET METAL CHASSIS; METAL, GLASS AND SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS. CLOTH FABRIC SPEAKER COVER.

Dimensions

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

Length

35.6 cm

Width

26.7 cm

Height

41.9 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ROGERS

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF RADIO USED BETWEEN C. 1932- 1940.

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO RECEIVE RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS, CONVERT A SELECTED CHANNEL TO AUDIO FREQUENCIES, AND REPRODUCE THE AUDIO FREQUENCIES AS SOUND, MUSIC AND VOICE, BY A BUILT-IN RADIO SPEAKER.

Technical

TUNED RADIO FREQUENCY (TRF) DESIGN GAVE VERY POOR PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO SUPERHETRODYNE DESIGN: THEREFORE THIS RECEIVER, WAS CONSIDERED OBSOLETE TECHNOLOGY AT THE TIME IT WAS MANUFACTURED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" Majestic " appears in raised print on front. Plate screwed to chassis reads: " Licensed by/ CANADIAN RADIO PATENTS LTD./ Only for the non-commercial reception/ of public radio telephone broadcasting./ PATENTED 1914-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-24-25-26-29/ TYPE M-15 H.E.P.C. APPROVAL NO. 1336 CYCLES 25-60/ SER. NO. 9891 VOLTS 115 AMPS. 6/ MANUFACTURED BY/ ROGERS-MAJESTIC CORP. LTD., TORONTO, CANADA. "./ " 905 " STAMPED IN BACK UPPER LEFT CORNER OF CABINET. " [--] 4351 " STAMPED INTO BACK LOWER EDGE OF CABINET. HEPC DECAL ALSO APPEARS ON CHASSIS.

Missing

1 TUNING KNOB. From CA of 11/26/1995 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing one knob

Finish

MAHOGANY STAINED AMD VARNISHED CABINET.

Decoration

FRETWORK SPEAKER GRILL WITH GOLD COLOURED SPEAKER CLOTH. LIGHT BROWNSTRIPE OUTINES SPEAKER GRILLWORK AND TUNING DIAL. AN IMITATION ANTIQUE ESCUTCHEON WITH POINTER FRAMES CALIBRATED DIAL.