Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM-FM/TRANSISTOR/BATTERY/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1963
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0147.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Channel Master
- MODEL
- 6475
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 PREDOMINANTLY SYNTHETIC; SOME METAL COMPONENTS..2 SYNTHETIC..3 LEATHER CASE HAS METAL CLASPS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.0 cm
- Width
- 8.3 cm
- Height
- 4.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Channel
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF RADIO USED C. 1963+
- Canada
-
TRANSISTOR RADIOS WERE THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT FOR JAPANESE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS IN THE CANADIAN MARKET. COMPACT AND INEXPENSIVE, THESE ITEMS WERE ESPECIALLY POPULAR WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.(REF. 1) - Function
-
TO RECEIVE AM AND FM RADIO BROADCAST SIGNALS. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF SMALL, HAND HELD TRANSISTOR RADIO MADE IN LARGE NUMBERS IN THIS PERIOD. SUCH RADIOS WERE THE FIRST APPLICATION OF TRANSISTORS TO CONSUMER ELECTRONICS. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "CHANNEL MASTER/ ALL TRANSISTOR/ Fm/Am" marked on lower front of radio bady. Tuning dial labelled "AM FM" and graduated 53-160 and 87-108. Tuning and volume switches are labelled. ""BATTERY TYPE/ 006P 9 VOLTS/ JAPAN R-47753" printed on battery compartment liner. Some individual components bear model and/or mfg info..2 Following info. appears on panel on case back "MODEL- 6475/ 8 TRANSISTOR/ FM 88-108 MC/ AM 540- 1600KC/ BATT. TYPE 006P 9V/ R-26979 JAPAN"; switch labelled "FM/ AM". Text panel above reads "CERTIFICATION/ THIS RECEIVER HAS BEEN CERTIFIED FOR/ COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF/ FCC REGULATION OF PART 15 SUB PART C". "Earphone" connection labelled. "FINAL INSPECT. NO/ 63339" printed on paper label on inside case back; lable has been stamped with red mark (illegible). Text cast in raised print on inside lower edge of case back is obscurred by foam pad; reads in part "JAPAN R". .3 "FM/AM" & "CHANNEL MASTER" stencilled in gold on case front. "JAPAN/ R-43168/ LEATHER" incised in base.
- Missing
- EARPHONE ACCESSORY.
- Finish
- .1 BLACK SYNTHETIC CASE HAS FINE MESH-LIKE PANEL OVER SPEAKER OPENING; SILVER METAL CONTRAST PANEL & TRIM..2 BLACK SYNTHETIC CASE BACK HAS PANEL PIECED BY FINE SLITS (PRESUMABLY TO FACILITATE TRANSFER OF SOUND; POSSIBLY ALSO FOR COOLING)..3 DARK BROWN THICK LEATHER CASE FRONT PIERCED BY SERIES OF REGULAR HOLES OVER MOST OF SURFACE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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