Handset
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRESS-TO-TALK/MILITARY/2 PLUGS
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0405.001
- MANUFACTURER
- H.C. CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC/ METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HC
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY WWII
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO SOUND WAVES & VICE VERSA. THE 'PRESS-TO-TALK' TYPE WAS NORMALLY USED ON RADIO CIRCUITS - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON RECEIVER UNIT: 'H.C. CO. SC-4-65-12-44/ DA-12099/ FTR'/ STAMPED ON TRANSMITTER UNIT: '8' '46'/ DECAL INSIDE RECEIVER: 'TROPICALIZED -12-44'/ STAMPED ON HANDLE: 'SC/ 3629/ A'/ ENGRAVED ON HANDLE: 'TS-13-F'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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H.C. CO., Handset, circa 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1988.0405, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0405.001/
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