Transceiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUBE/BATTERY/AIRCRAFT
- DATE
- 1916
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0885.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- SCR68
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE/ SYNTHETIC PANELS/ BRASS PLATES & HARDWARE/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS/ SYNTHETIC, GLASS, AND METAL WORKING PARTS, bakelite
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 47.0 cm
- Width
- 28.0 cm
- Height
- 12.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- EARLY 20TH C.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE VOICE RADIO SIGNALS FROM AN AIRCRAFT - Technical
-
FIRST AIR TO AIR AND AIR TO GROUND RADIO PHONE SYSTEM USED IN AIRCRAFT IN NORTH AMERICA - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE: 'SIGNAL CORPS U.S. ARMY/ AIRPLANE RADIO TRANSMITTING/ AND RECEIVING SET/ TYPE S.C.R. 68/ ORDER NO. W40622/ SERIAL NO./ MADE BY/ WESTERN ELECTRIC CO., INC.'/ PLATES WITH VARIOUS DESIGNATIONS & CALIBRATIONS/ SCHEMATIC DRAWING TITLED: 'CORD DIAGRAM/ OF/ AIRPLANE RADIO TRANS. & REC. SET/ WITH INTERPHONE-TYPE S.C.R. 68/ SIGNAL CORPS U.S. ARMY'/ PLATE: 'PATENTED IN USA/ [SEE SUPP. INFO. FOR PATENT DATES]'
- Missing
- BATTERIES/ ENVELOPE OF ONE TUBE BROKEN/ WIND DRIVEN HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRNT GENERATOR (350 VOLT)
- Finish
- CASE STAINED & VARNISHED/ BLACK TOPPANEL & KNOBS/ POLISHED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric Co. Inc., Transceiver, radio, circa 1916, Artifact no. 1980.0885, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0885.001/
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