General Information

Serial #

1415

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD CABINET; METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS & FITTINGS. PAPER INSTRUCTION CARD INSIDE. FABRIC COVERED WIRES.

Dimensions

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

Length

50.5 cm

Width

40.0 cm

Height

23.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Wright

Country

Canada

State/Province

New Brunswick

City

Moncton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

New Brunswick

Period

THIS TYPE OF RECEIVER USED 1925+

Canada

EARLY TUNED RADIO FREQUENCY RECEIVER MFD IN MONCTON, NB BY WRIGHT RADIO LTD. IN 1925.

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 SEPARATLEY TUNED.THOUGH REQUIRING MULTIPLE TUNING CONTROLS AND A RELATIVELY LARGE NUMBER OF EXPENSIVE VACUUM TUBES, TRFS WERE MORE SELECTIVE, MORE SENSITIVE & LOUDER THAN COMPETING REGENERATIVE RECEIVERS. (REF. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"WRIGHT SUPER-5" marked on front panel. Connections and tuning dial scales identified. Instruction card fixed to inside of cabinet lid includes following info.: "WRIGHT SUPER 5/ Manufactured by/ WRIGHT RADIO LIMITED/ MONCTON, N.B., CANADA/ SERIAL 1415"; info. re: battery connections, aerial, ground, tubes, rheostats, switch & tuning. Masking tape markers on external connections bear handwritten labels: "YELLOW/ OFF-ON/ SWITCH", "NOT/ CONECTED", "MAK[?]/ SPEAKER/ AND PHONE/ JACKS". Loose marker reads "(TOGETHER/ [?] ON 5 TUBES". Vacuum tubes: (from left to right): Tube 1: "C" [Cunningham logo] marked on tube top. " CUNNINGHAM/ CX301A" marked on tube base. "LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT/ INDICATED ON CARTON" marked on underside of tube base.; Tube 2: " RADIOTRON/ MODEL U.V. 201A/ PATENTED" and "PATENTED/ [illegible] 1912 1914 1915/ [1916] 1917 1918 1919/ [illegible]" marked on tube base.; Tube 3: "C" [Cunningham logo] marked on tube top. " CUNNINGHAM/ -CX-301-A-" marked on tube base. "LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT/ INDICATED ON CARTON" marked on underside of tube base.; Tube 4: Paper label [damaged] attached to sleeve reads "Guarantee Notice! The guarantee o[text missing]/ this Stewart-Warn[er]/ Radio Tube is printed on the tube carton. T[he]/ guarantee is not valid unless date of sale of th[e]/ tube to customer is filled in below with ink [text missing]/ dealer at time of purchase./ .........19........". "Stewart/ Warner/ [logo- suggests bull's head with horns; marked S/W/ H T]" marked on tube base. "T8" marked on underside of base.; Tube 5: "MADE IN/ CANADA/ 01A" marked on tube sleeve. "Westinghouse/ RADIOTRON" marked on tube base.

Missing

UNKNOWN. From CA of 12/18/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

DARK WOOD CABINET HAS BLACK SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL FITTED WITH BLACK MOULDED SYNTHETIC DIALS. BRASS & SILVER METAL FITTINGS. GLASS VACUUM TUBES HAVE SILVERED SLEEVES; MOUNTED ON BLACK SYNTHETIC CHASSIS. GREEN & OFF-WHITE FABRIC COVERING ON INTERNAL WIRES; EXTERNAL WIRES HAVE BLACK, OFF-WHITE AND BROWN WOVEN FABRIC COVERING, AND SILVER METAL CONTACTS.

Decoration

N/A