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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/CATHODE RAY/PANEL MOUNTED/MILITARY
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0935.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD.
- MODEL
- 1
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 611
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SHEET STEEL MAIN CHASSIS & FRONT PANEL. CRT SHIELD IS SPECIAL MAGNETIC FIELD BLOCKING MATERIAL. GLASS, METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 49.0 cm
- Width
- 23.0 cm
- Height
- 20.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radar
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- REL
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS UNIT PROBABLY USED C. 1940-1948.
- Canada
-
MFD IN CANADA FROM A CANADIAN MODIFIED BRITISH DESIGN, TO USE NORTH AMERICAN COMPONENTS. NOTE COAX & INTERCONNECTS ARE BRITISH DESIGN, ALLOWINGCOMPATIABILITY WITH BRITISH MFD UNITS. - Function
-
TO DISPLAY ON A CALIBRATED CRT TUBE THE DISTANCE IN NAUTICAL MILES FROM AN AIRCRAFT TO A SURFACE VESSEL. - Technical
-
EARLY EXAMPLE OF RANGING RADAR, COPIED FROM BRITISH A.S.V. (AIR TO SURFACE VESSEL) DESIGN. ON THE DISPLAY, ALTERNATING RANGE SCALES OF 36 & 90 NAUTICAL MILES WERE AVAILABLE. TARGET DIRECTION WAS DETERMINED BY COMPARISON OF A PAIR OF ECHOS PRESENTED BACK-TO-BACK ON THE RANGE SCALE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "INDICATOR UNIT/ SERIAL 611/ REF. NO. 110-QB/1 MANUFACTURED BY R.E.L. TYPE NO. 1 MFD." printed on plate on lower front of casing./ "GAIN", "BRILL", "FOCUS", & "RANGE 0 36 90" printed on control knobs./ CRT scale divided 0-36 at intervals of 4; 0-9 by single increments. scale labelled "NAUTICAL MILES" at top & "RIGHT HAND SCALE X 10 FOR '90' SCALE" along right side. Most visible components, including vacuum tubes, are labelled.
- Missing
- RADAR UNIT, INTERCONNECTING PANELS, POWER SUPPLY & ANTENNA MISSING.
- Finish
- FRONT PANEL RCAF BLUE. CHASSIS ZINC PLATED. METAL VACUUM TUBES ARE BLACK. ALL OTHER COMPONENTS HAVE NATURAL FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD., Display unit, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1968.0935, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0935.001/
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