Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM-STD BCST/SUPERHET/BATTERY/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1941
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0115.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA Victor Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- BP-10
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SHEET METAL CASE WITH HINGED BAKELITE FRONT COVER & REAR LATCHED REMOVEABLE COVER. INTERNAL SHEET METAL CHASSIS TO MOUNT, VARIABLE CAPACITOR, TUBES, H.F. AND I.F. TRANSFORMERS, SPEAKER, FIXED CAPACITORS, RESISTORS AND MISC. WIRING. SIMULATED LEATHER CARRYING STRAP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.9 cm
- Width
- 7.6 cm
- Height
- 9.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RCA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940-1950
- Canada
-
MANUFACTURED & USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO RECEIVE BROADCAST BAND RADIO STATIONS - Technical
-
A SAMPLE OF VERY SMALL TUBE TYPE PORTABLE RECEIVER MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSISTOR PORTABLES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED ON TOP OF LID: 'RCA Victor'/ STAMPED IN TOP FRONT: 'RCA Victor'/ PRINTED ON END: 'N.F.H.B.'
- Missing
- D CELL NEGATIVE CONNECTOR BADLY CORRODED AND FIBRE INSULATOR BROKEN. PLATE (B) BATTERY CONNECTORS IN POOR SHAPE
- Finish
- CASE IS COVERED WITH BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER PLASTICWITH CHROME TRIM. THE FRONT PANEL IS RAISED CHROME WITH SILVER GRAY PANELS AND RIBBED SPEAKER CLOTH. THE HINGED PLASTIC TOP HAS A MOLDED IN LEATHER LIKE APPEARANCE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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RCA Victor Co. Ltd., Receiver, radio, circa 1941, Artifact no. 1973.0115, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0115.001/
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