Transmitter & receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- VHF/Aircraft
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0501.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Nova-Tech Inc.
- MODEL
- Nova Star Air-O-Ear
- LOCATION
- Manhattan Beach, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predom steel & aluminum; plastic dial knobs
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.0 cm
- Width
- 14.3 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
- Nova Tech
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Manhattan Beach
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- possibly 1950's or 1960's
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
installed aboard aricraft to send & receive radio voice communications - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering painted on face plate reads: "nova Star AIR-O-EAR VHF RADIO/vova-tech, inc./MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF." lettering painted on underside of unit reads: "FOR MAXIMUM TRANSMITTER OUTPUT/[1.] Connect antenna and adjust antenna trimmer con[trol?]/on top dust cover (rear) for maximum [b]ulb brightness./2. Adjust final and doubler slug for maximum bulb brightness./3. Set bulb brightness to comfortable level with bulb trimmer./4. Use only Nova-Tech Type S-10 crystals to prevent severe/transmitter damage./This radio is wired for 3 antennas [and?]/transmits on the vertical whip and receives/on the OMNI antenna. If radio is to be used/without OMNI, remove perforated wrap and/solder the white wire to the OMNI antenna/jack. Plug vertical whip antenna into/ANT. JACK and radio will then receive and/transmit from the whip antenna." lettering on adhesive label affixed to side reads: "MORSE/AVIONICS LTD./Ottawa International/Airport/Ottawa Canada"; lettering painted on back of unit reads: "SER# [blank] VOLTAGE [blank]/PROTECTED BY U.S. AND FOREIGN PATENTS/U.S. PAT. NO. 2843735/NOVA-TECH. INC. MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFORNIA"; lettering hand written in pen on patch of masking tape on back reads: "#2047"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- predom. black; silver receptors & white detail on face plate
- Decoration
- starburst & airplane profile symbols along top of face plate
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Nova-Tech Inc., Transmitter & receiver, radio, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1989.0501, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0501.001/
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