Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM-FM/SUPERHET/DC/TRANSISTOR/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0325.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- GEMINI FM-AM
- LOCATION
- Taiwan
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLASTIC CASE, PLASTIC & COPPER CIRCUIT BOARD, IF, RF AND AUDIO TRANSFORMERS, FIXED AND VARIABLE CAPACITORS; SPEAKER, SWITCHES, EAR PHONE AND EAR PHONE JACK, MISC.HARDWARE, KNOBS AND CALIBRATED DIAL TRANSISTORS./ CARDSTOCK BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.5 cm
- Width
- 7.2 cm
- Height
- 4.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Taiwan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1975-1985
- Canada
-
PURCHASED AND USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO RECEIVE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY, SELECT AN INDIVIDUAL FREQUENCY CHANNEL AND CONVERT IT TO AUDIO FREQUENCY THAT MAY BE HEARD ON A LOUDSPEAKER OR ON EARPHONES. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF INEXPENSIVE PORTABLE RADIO - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LABEL ON BACK READS: 'THIS RECEIVER COMPLIES WITH FCC/ REQUIREMENT, PART 15./ FABRIQUE A TAIWAN MADE IN TAIWAN'/ PRINTING ON FRONT: 'FM-AM/ GEMINI/ G/ GEMINI/ FM/AM MHZ/KHZ/ [DIAL FACE CALIBRATED FM MHZ 88 THROUGH 108/ AND AM KHZ 55 THROUGH 160 X10]'/ STICKER INSIDE BOX READS: 'TOWERS/.../ $8.99/ SALE PRICE'/ PRINTING ON BOX END: '[?]/ SOLID STATE/ ITEM NO. 2088/ MADE IN TAIWAN'
- Missing
- BATTERY REMOVED AND DISPOSED OF
- Finish
- BROWN PLASTIC CASE WITH GOLD COLOURED STRIP; GOLD COLOURED DIAL WITH BROWN PRINTED CALIBRATION
- Decoration
- HORIZONTAL RIDGES OVER SPEAKER
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Unknown Manufacturer, Receiver, radio, circa 1975, Artifact no. 1996.0325, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0325.001/
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