Test set, radio frequency

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OBJECT TYPE: PEAK READING
DATE: 1940–1946
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0834.001

MANUFACTURER: RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD.
MODEL: 28
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 260
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASE/ METAL, SYNTHETIC & GLASS WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.4 cm
Width: 9.6 cm
Height: 18.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: REL
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1940-1950
Canada: DEVELOPED AND MANUFACTURED IN CANADA AND WAS USED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PULSED RADIO SYSTEMS.
Function: USED TO MEASURE THE POWER OUTPUT OF A PULSED RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER/ PROBABLY USED TO MEASURE EXPERIMENTAL RADAR EQUIPMENT IN THE 1940'S PERIOD.
Technical: AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF PEAK READING R.F. VOLT/POWER METER
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON MFR'S PLATE: 'TEST SET TYPE 28 REF. NO. 110 SB/51 MANUFACTURED BY RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD. SERIAL NO. 260'/ AROUND MISSING DIAL: 'OUTPUT P.R.F. READING A B'/ IN CORNER OF MFR'S PLATE: '12516'/ ON METER: MFR. & SERIAL NO. AS ABOVE PLUS SCALE FROM 0 - 100 IN DIVISIONS OF TWO/ ON SIDE: 'SERIAL NO. 260,P.R.F.=500XB/A (AERIAL CONNECTED NORMALLY ORANGE PLUG ON TRANSFER TO ORANGE PLUG ON T.S. -28) STANDARD OUTPUT READING 54 PLUG IN T.S. 28 IN PLACE OF AERIALLINE 12518'/ ON SAME SIDE: '?EL ?-48' STAMPED IN BLACK.
Missing: BAR KNOB/ PLUG IN SHUNT
Finish: CASE PAINTEDBLUE/ HANDLE PLATED WITH SILVER-COLOURED METAL/ METER FACE IS WHITE/ MFR. PLATE IS BLACK & SILVER-COLOURED/ FEET ARE BLACK/ OTHER INFORMATION WRITTEN ON PAPER SLIPPED INTO SLOT AT SIDE.
Decoration: A MAPLE LEAF ON MFR'S PLATE/ A BLACK LINE WITH 3 BLACK SQUARES ABOVE IT STAMPED ON TOP.

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RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD., Test set, radio frequency, circa 1940–1946, Artifact no. 1985.0834, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0834.001/

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