Transceiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MODULAR
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0444.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- 19 MK.III
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- C-71964
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 88
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC MATERIALS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 81.5 cm
- Width
- 41.0 cm
- Height
- 60.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- USED 1948 TO EARLY 1950S; EARLY 1990S.
- Canada
-
NO. 19 WAS THE CANADIAN ARMY'S STANDARD RADIO FOR VEHICLES DURING WWII. WITH THE ADDITION OF THE AMPLIFIER UNIT, DESIGNED TO CONVERT THE NO. 19 INTO A HIGH POWER GROUND STATION, IT'S RANGE WAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. AFTER THE WAR THE NO. 19 SET BECAME A POPULAR AMATEUR RIG FOR USE ON 40M AND 80M BANDS. THIS ARTIFACT USED BY RADIO AMATEUR ARTHUR H. CHALK & LATER BY HIS SON-IN-LAW MAJOR MIKE MACGREGOR. - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT, RECEIVE AND AMPLIFY RADIO FREQUENCY AND AUDIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS FOR RADIO-TELEPHONE, RADIO-TELEGRAPH AND WIRED INTERCOM COMMUNICATION. - Technical
-
PRODUCTION OF THE NO. 19 SET MK 1 BEGAN IN 1942: MK III WENT INTO PRODUCTION IN 1944. DUE TO A LEND-LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE USSR, DIALS & SWITCHES WERE LABELLED IN BOTH ENGLISH & RUSSIAN. ORIGINALLY OF BRITISH DESIGN, CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS MADE SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS BASED ON USERS' TRIALS. THIS SET CW ACCESSORIES & SPARE/REPLACEMENT PARTS, AND ORIGINAL PACKING CRATES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate fixed to unit front reads "WIRELESS SETS (CANADIAN) No 19 MK III/ SERIAL NO. C-71964 RCA-107127-202/ NORTHERN ELECTRIC". All controls labelled in English & Russian.
- Missing
- MISSING AERIAL FEEDER ASSEMBLY WITH 501A- 2000V OUTPUT SOCKET TO CONNECT AERIAL TO AMPLIFIER UNIT.
- Finish
- MEDIUM BROWN WRINKLE-TEXTURED ENAMEL FINISH ON CASING TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE PANELS; FRONT PANELS HAVE SMOOTH GREY ENAMEL FINISH. BLACK SYNTHETIC AND SILVER METAL KNOBS, SWITCHES, ETC. COMPONENTS LINKED BY GREY WOVEN CABLES.
- Decoration
- N/A
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