General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL & CERAMIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

1.7 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

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

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1942

Canada

PART OF THE EARLY EFFORTS TO BUILD RADAR SETS IN CANADA/ IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PRODUCT PRODUCED AT RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD., A MANUFACTURING UNIT SET UP TO PRODUCE WAR MATERIALS FOR THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES DURING WWII & DISBANDED AFTER THE WAR

Function

PROBABLY EXPERIMENTAL - INTENDED TO BE USED AS A DETECTOR OF RADAR SIGNALS

Technical

AT THE TIME THAT THIS DIODE WAS MANUFACTURED, THERE WERE NO VACUUM TUBES AVAILABLE THAT WOULD WORK EFFECTIVELY AT RADAR FREQUENCIES - DIODES WERE THEREFORE USED AS DETECTORS OF RADAR FREQUENCIES

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE ON ARTIFACT ITSELF, GLASS TUBE IT CAME IN HAS PAPER LABEL ON IT, HANDWRITTEN 'REL 23/ Dr. Nelson/ Feb 16/42'

Missing

No.

Finish

CERAMIC PT DULL WHITE, METAL IS DARK BRASS COLOUR

Decoration

N/A