General Information

Serial #

243

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SHEET METAL CABINET/ GLASS SCREEN/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS & CONTROLS

Dimensions

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

Length

45.0 cm

Width

27.0 cm

Height

34.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Automatic Telephone

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Bridgenorth

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1956 TO 1975

Canada

USED IN CANADA

Function

USED TO MEASURE THE DISTORTION OF BAUDOT TELEGRAPH SIGNALS AT A TELEGRAPH TESTBOARD.

Technical

ONE OF MANY ELECTRONIC TELEGRAPH DISTORTION MEASURING SETS DEVELOPED TO REPLACE THE TELETYPE CORP. MECHANICAL SIGNAL DISTORTION TEST SET MODEL DXD (COMMONLY CALLED THE FOX). TOWAKO MANUFACTURED A SIMILAR BUT MUCH SMALLER SET IN THE U.S.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE: 'TELEGRAPH DISTORTION/ MEASURING SET TX/ TYPE 5A SER.NO 243/ [ATM LOGO]/ MANUFACTURED BY/ A.T.&E. (BRIDGNORTH) LTD.'/ 'ATM' BADGE AT TOP OF PANEL/ VARIOUS CALIBRATION MARKINGS AROUND CONTROLS/ INVENTORY DECAL: 'C.O.T.C./ T. 6172'/ PLATE: 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR'

Missing

MISSING LATCH ON HINGED BACK COVER/ SPLIT CORNER ON BACK COVER From CA of 11/04/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: covers for RV17 and RV11 (potentiometers.) One cover was found in bottom of housing and was placed in a small bag as a part.

Finish

GRAY HAMMERLIN CASE/ FRONTPANEL FLAT GRAY ENAMEL

Decoration

N/A