Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM-STD BCST/SUPERHET/DC/TRANSISTOR/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1961
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0083.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sony Corp.
- MODEL
- TR608
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASE/ LEATHER HANDLE/ 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
- 19.5 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Sony
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1961 TO 1990'S
- Canada
-
SOLD & USED IN CANADA/ DISTRIBUTED BY GENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF WINNIPEG - THE 1ST CO. IN THE WORLD TO IMPORT TRANSISTOR RADIOS FROM JAPAN - Function
-
TO RECEIVE AM BROADCAST SIGNALS WHEREVER OWNER DESIRED - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF SONY PRODUCT FROM THE FIRST 5 YRS OF AVAILABILITY IN CANADA/ EXAMPLE OF RADIO WHERE SOUND QUALITY & BATTERY LIFE WAS GIVEN SOME PRIORITYOVER MINIATURIZATION - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG. PLATE INSIDE BACK PANEL: 'MODEL/ TR-608/ TRANSISTOR 6 SUPER HET./ SONY RADIO/ FREQ. RANGE 535 ~ 1605 KC. IF 455 KC/ BATTERY SUPPLY 1.5 VOLT X 3/ USE JIS. UM-2 OR SIZE "C" STANDARD/ UNIT CELL OR EQUIVALENT./ SONY CORP.'/ EMBOSSED IN BACK: 'SONY/ TR608/ JAPAN'/ PRINTED ON FRONT: 'SIX TRANSISTOR/ GENDIS/ SONY/ ALL TRANSISTOR/ OFF/ LOUD/ 54 6 7 8 10 14 16'/ DYNO-TAPE AFFIXED TO BACK: 'G. RIDER'
- Missing
- 3 'C' CELL BATTERIES/ PLASTIC CELL HOLDER IS NOT ORIGINAL AND WAS ADDED BY DONOR (1993)
- Finish
- WHITE CASE WITH GREEN PANEL/ BROWN HANDLE/ GOLD, BLACK & WHITE PRINTING
- Decoration
- HORIZONTAL RIDGES ON FRONT PANEL OVER SPEAKER/ METAL STRIP AROUND MIDDLE OF FRONT
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Sony Corp., Receiver, radio, circa 1961, Artifact no. 1993.0083, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0083.001/
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