Transmitter, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CW/AM
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1062.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KW ELECTRONICS LTD.
- MODEL
- VANGUARD
- LOCATION
- Dartford, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CASE, PRESSED STEEL/ MOUNTED ON A STEEL CHASSIS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 56.0 cm
- Width
- 31.0 cm
- Height
- 28.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- KW ELECTRONICS
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Dartford
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- ALTHOUGH OBSOLETE IT COULD BE USED IN1992. REALISTICALLY 1950 THROUGH 1965.
- Canada
-
NIL - Function
-
USED TO SEND RADIO SIGNALS TO AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS. A RADIO RECEIVER AND THIS TRANSMITTER FUNCTIONED AS A HF (HIGH FREQUENCY) EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATION LINK. THIS UNIT MAY BE USED FOR CW (MORSE) OR AM (AMPLITUDE MODULATED VOICE) COMMUNICATION. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF EARLY COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR THE AMATEUR MARKET. THIS MARKET IS NOW DOMINATED BY JAPAN WITH NO COMPETITION FROM GREAT BRITAIN OR NORTH AMERICA. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FRONT PANEL: 'The K.W. "VANGUARD"'/ 'K.W. ELECTRONICS LTD. WILMINGTON, DARTFORD, KENT'/ MFR'S BADGE: 'K W/ Electronics [LOGO]/ DARTFORD. ENGLAND'/ MARKINGS AROUND DIALS INCLUDE: 'HARMONIC/ TRAP' 'P.A. BAND/ SWITCH' 'RECEIVE/ SEND' 'P.A. TUNE' 'A.E. COUPLING' 'P.A. GRID % MOD.' 'MOD. GAIN' 'V.F.O. TUNE' 'P.A. GRID TUNE' 'DRIVE MAINS PHONE TUNE'/ TUNING DIAL CALIBRATED IN MEGACYCLES & METRES TO COINCIDE WITH BAND SWITCH BELOW
- Missing
- NIL
- Finish
- CABINET, GREY HAMMERLIN/ FRONT PANEL, OLIVE GREEN PAINT/ BLACK, RED & WHITE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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KW ELECTRONICS LTD., Transmitter, radio, circa 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1987.1062, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1062.001/
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