General Information

Serial #

119

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, FRAME,DIALS, WORKING PARTS/ BAKELITE KNOBS & METER CASING/ PLASTIC SWITCHES/ GLASS WINDOWS/ CARDBOARD CHARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

76.5 cm

Width

87.0 cm

Height

183.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Marconi

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

Unknown

Canada

THIS WAS THE LAST OPERATING LANDING BEACON OF THIS TYPE, WITH ALL VACUUM TUBE CIRCUITRY IN CANADA (T. PAULL, MARCH 1983)

Function

USED TO TRANSMIT RADIO SIGNAL FORMING BEACON FOR AIRCRAFT

Technical

THE CASTLEGAR LOW FREQUENCY RADIO RANGE (OR CRESCENT VALLEY RANGE) WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1938 & WAS PART OF A NETWORK OF BEACONS ACROSS CANADA. IT PROVIDED NAVIGATIONAL AIR & WEATHER BROADCAST SERVICE ON A 24-HOUR-A-DAY BASIS TO COMMERCIAL & MILITARY AIRCRAFT (SUPP.INFO.).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SILVER & BLACK METAL CONTROL LABELS & MFR'S PLATE WITH READS: 'SPECS. 71215-S, 100/110/120 VOLTS, 26.7 AMPS, 50-60 FREQ., 80% PF'/ RELAY UNIT PLATE READS 'GENERAL ELECTRIC, INSTANTANEOUS OVERCURRENT RELAY, MODEL 12PAC11B19, TYPE PAC, AMP. 1.5, PART BULLETIN GEF 2337 ES, MADE IN USA'/ HAS HOLDER CONTAINING RANGE DATA CHART WITH PENCILLED ENTRIES FOR JUNE 19/75/ YELLOW STICKER READING 'DANGER - HIGH VOLTAGE'/ GREEN T.C. MODIFICATION RECORD STICKER/ BLACK & WHITE T.C. LABELS READING 'NO. 1 SIDEBAND, 84520' & 'TX1SB'

Missing

LIGHT BULBS & COVERS

Finish

BLACK WRINKLE FINISH ON CASING/ BLACK BAKELITE/ BROWN & BLACK PLASTIC/ BUFF CARDBOARD/ BLACK & SILVER DIALS

Decoration

N/A