Radar set

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OBJECT TYPE: AC/SUPERHET/PANORAMIC & MANUAL/MULTI-TUNED RF/146-250 MHZ/CRT DISPLAY & AUDIO
DATE: 1940–1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.0978.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: W ANZ G2 (.1)
LOCATION: Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 1555 (.1)
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SHEET STEEL FRAMES & CHASSIS; SHEET STEEL, SILVER PLATED SHIELDED COMPARTMENTS. METAL & GLASS VACUUM TUBES, CRT, FIXED & VARIABLE CAPACITORS & RESISTORS. METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 24.1 cm
Width: 41.9 cm
Height: 33.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Radar
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Europe
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF UNIT USED C. 1943- 1950.
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO CONVERT VHF RADIO FREQUENCIES TO A VISUAL DISPLAY OR AUDIO SIGNAL./ The specific function of the receiver (.1) is to receive a band of VHF radio frequencies, scan the band, and display any received signals as a vertical line on a CRT display. The unit may be manually tuned and any received signal monitored using headphones.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF 1940-50 GERMAN RADIATION PROOF SUPERHETRODYNE RADIO DESIGN AS APPLIED TO VHF PANORAMIC RECEIVERS, AND TO RADAR SETS IN GENERAL.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Front reads "Ruck-lauf" & scale, "Motor/Hand", "Telefon"," Handabstg", "Helligkeit"," Scharfe", " Z [ARROW] A", " Zeilen-Lange", "hoch/Drehzah/niedrig", [ German eagle insignia ]," W ANZ GE/ F. NR. 1555 ABN ". Sub frames numbered.
Missing: 1 VACUUM TUBE; SIDE & BOTTOMPLATES FROM RF SECTION MISSING. 1 CERAMIC RESISTOR BROKEN IN THE HIGH VOLTAGE CRT CIRCUIT.
Finish: FRONT PANEL GREY WITH BLACK DESIGNATION PLATES & WHITE FILLED ENGRAVING. PLATED CHASSIS. FRAMES PLATED OR PAINTED BLACK. SILVER PLATED AMPLIFIER BOXES.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Radar set, circa 1940–1945, Artifact no. 1969.0978, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0978.001/

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