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