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
More Information
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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