General Information

Serial #

976

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD CABINET; METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS & FITTINGS. FABRIC COVERED CABLES AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION CORDS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

48.0 cm

Width

23.5 cm

Height

25.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Westinghouse

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Hamilton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF RECEIVER USED 1927+

Canada

THIS TYPE OF RECEIVER MFD IN HAMILTON, ON BY CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE CO. LTD. IN 1927.

Function

TO DETECT AND AMPLIFY RADIO SIGNALS.

Technical

TUNED RADIO FREQUENCY (TRF) RECEIVERS USE ONE OR MORE STAGES OF RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFICATION BEFORE A SEPARATE DETECTOR STAGE: EACH STAGE HAS TO BE SEPARATELY TUNED. THOUGH REQUIRING MULTIPLE TUNING CONTROLS AND A RELATIVELY LARGENUMBER OF EXPENSIVE VACUUM TUBES, TRFS WERE MORE SELECTIVE, MORE SENSITIVE & LOUDER THAN COMPETING REGENERATIVE RECEIVERS. (REF. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"Westinghouse/ Battery Operated" appears in raised print on plate fixed to front of receiver. Plate fixed to inside of receiver lid reads "Licensed under Patents, Canadian Radio Patents Limited./ granted 1917 to 1924 inclusive./ CANADIAN/ Westinghouse/ CO. LIMITED/ HAMILTON, CANADA." "976" stamped into edge of both top of cabinet frame and in cabinet lid, near hinge. Vacuum tube receptacles ( first 5, from left to right) inside case labelled "WESTINGHOUSE/ UX 201.B"; 6ht receptacle labelled "WESTINGHOUSE/ UX 121.B"./ VACUUM TUBES: Tube on extreme left side marked "CANADIAN/ WESTINGHOUSE/ 201-B" on tube top. 2nd tube marked "RADIOTRON/ RVC/ UX201B" on tube top. "LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT/ INDICATED ON CARTON" recorded on underside of base. 3rd tube marked "RADIOTRON/ RVC/ UX201B" on tube top. "LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT/ INDICATED ON CARTON" recorded on underside of base. 4th tube marked "CANADIAN/ WESTINGHOUSE/ 201-B" on tube top. 5th tube covered by thick black cap-like cover marked "R.S.3" and "McDONALD/ TUBE SHIELD/ PAT. PEND". Westinghouse logo visible on tube top. Printed paper label applied to sleeve is visible: text obscured. 6th tube marked "WESTINGHOUSE/ [logo]/ UX-121 B." on tube top. Printed paper label on tube sleeve reads "FOR USE IN LAST AUDIO STAGE ONLY". Larger paper label, below, reads "WESTINGHOUSE RADIOTRONS/ Sold By.../ Date.../ WARNING/ Positively no adjustment if this label is removed/ or if dealer's name and date of sale is omitted. SB"./ CABLE TAGS: 7 cable tags stamped "+90B", "+45B", "125B", "+A", "1 ½ C", "16 ½ -C" and "A-B+C', respectively.

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE. From CA of 12/20/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

DARK WOOD CABINET HAS DULL COPPER-COLOUR MFR'S PLATE & FITTINGS FIXED TO FRONT PANEL. DARK BROWN MOULDED SYNTHETIC KNOBS. GLASS VACUUM TUBES HAVE SILVER-COLOUR SLEEVES. LIGHT BROWN, RED, YELLOW AND BLACK COLOUR FABRIC COVERING ON CABLES AND WIRES. ONE VACUUM TUBE HAS THICK SYNTHETIC (INSULATING ?) COVER FITTED OVER GLASS SLEEVE.

Decoration

N/A