General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal casing, handle and parts/ Synthetic controls, dial face, indicator bulb, power cord covering, parts/ Felt screen frame lining/ Rubber? feet

Dimensions

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

Length

43.0 cm

Width

21.8 cm

Height

36.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Electronics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Heathkit

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Michigan

City

Benton Harbor

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

late 1950s- early 1960s

Canada

This oscilloscope was assembled and used by Ernest Decoste, electrical engineer and, from 1968 to 1996, Curator of Communications at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa. Heathkit products were designed as an affordable to factory-built products ans couldbe assembled with basic soldering and electronic measurement skills. They were very popular with radio and electronics hobbyists from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Function

A piece of standard laboratory test equipment in a portable form, with a screen on which wave oscillation is represented, used in almost any electronics activity.

Technical

An example of a home assmebled oscillator. Features: full 5MC bandwidth for colour TV servicing,; Heath patented sweep circuits which provided 20 to 500,000 sweep (5 times the range usually provided); 2 printed circuit boards for faster, easier assembly and stability; excellent linearity and sync stability, push-pull output, peak-to-peak calibration reference.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

White lettering on casing front reads 'HEATH COMPANY . A SUBSIDIARY OF DAYSTROM INC . BENTOR HARBOR, MICH', 'Heathkit [script] LABORATORY OSCILLOSCOPE' and 'MODEL O-11'

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Glossy medium grey casing front/ Textured light grey painted casing/ Grey, black and red controls/ Green screen and indicator bulb/ Metallic screen frame and handle/ Grey screen frame lining/ Black feet

Decoration

N/A