General Information

Serial #

15157A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 WOOD CABINET; METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS & FITTINGS. WOVEN FABRIC COVERING ON ELECTRICAL WIRES..2 WOODEN FRAME; FABRIC COVERED (?) ANTENNA WIRE; PAPER AND GOLD-COLOUR METAL BANDS FITTED ON RECEPTACLE END.

Dimensions

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

Length

69.6 cm

Width

42.2 cm

Height

97.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Westinghouse

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Hamilton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF RECEIVER USED 1927+

Canada

EARLY SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVER MADE IN HAMILTON, ON BY CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE CO. LTD. IN 1927. SAID BY DONOR TO BE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE OF THIS PARTICULAR MODEL.ANTENNA IS REPLICA. (REF. 1)

Function

TO DETECT AND AMPLIFY RADIO SIGNALS.

Technical

FIRST MARKETED IN 1924, SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVERS WERE MORE STABLE, ACHIEVED HIGHER LEVELS OF AMPLIFICATION, AND OFFERED SIMPLER TUNING & BETTER SELECTIVITY THAN OTHER TYPES. BY 1930 SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVERS DOMINATED THE DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL RECEIVER MARKETS AND REMAIN THE BASIC RADIO CIRCUIT IN USE TODAY. (2001) (REF.1

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 Plate surrounding tuning dial marked "Westinghouse 8/ Super-Heterodyne/ CANADIAN/ Westinghouse/ CO. LIMITED/ HAMILTON, CANADA". 'Volume Control' and 'Battery Setting' controls labelled. Decal inside cabinet reads "S.M.S./ RADIO/ CABINETS/ MANUFACTURED BY/ THE STRATHROY FURNITURE/ COMPANY LIMITED/ STRATHROY, ONT." Punched metal plate fixed inside lower battery compartment reads "15157A". All 8 vacuum tubes marked "CANADIAN/ WESTINGHOUSE/ WX-25" on tube top..2 No markings visible.

Missing

UNKNOWN. .2 ANTENNA IS REPLICA. From CA of 12/17/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

.1 DARK WOOD CABINET. FRONT PANEL FITTED WITH BRIGHT BRASS-COLOUR FRAME OVER OFF-WHITE TUNING AND CONTROL DIALS, AND DARK BROWN MOULDED SYNTHETIC KNOBS AND FITTINGS. VACUUM TUBES HAVE PARTIALLY SILVERED SLEEVES..2 DARK BROWN WOOD ANTENNA FRAME; OFF-WHITE ANTENNA WIRE; 3 GOLTONE METAL STRIPS FITTED TO END,

Decoration

N/A