Transceiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MARINE/TUBE/MOBILE
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0075.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Spilsbury & Tindall Ltd.
- MODEL
- MRRX (RCVR)
- LOCATION
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 4562 (RCVR)
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CABINET, CHASSIS & RACK/ METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.5 cm
- Width
- 26.0 cm
- Height
- 22.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Spilsbury Tindall
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- City
- Vancouver
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- CA. 1960'S
- Canada
-
USED BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IN NORTHERN CANADA - Function
-
TO PROVIDE MARINE COMMUNICATIONS. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF COMPACT D.C. OPERATED SHIPBOARD RADIO OF THE PERIOD. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE: 'TYPE MRRX SERIAL 4562/ VOLTAGE 6V FREQUENCY DC/ MANUFACTURED BY/ SPILSBURY & TINDALL LTD./ Radio Communications/ VANCOUVER CANADA'/AROUND KNOBS: 'POWER SQUELCH VOLUME BROADCAST MARINE R.F. GAIN PHONE LOCK TUNING'/ HANDWRITTEN: 'MV KING PORT HARRISON/ TUNE-TRANS'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GREEN HAMMERLIN FINISH ON CABINET/ WHITE PRINTING/ BROWN KNOBS
- Decoration
- KNOBS HAVE HORIZONTAL RIDGES & GOLD DECORATIVE RINGS.
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Spilsbury & Tindall Ltd., Transceiver, radio, circa 1955, Artifact no. 1990.0075, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0075.001/
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