Receiver, radio

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OBJECT TYPE: AMATEUR/SUPERHET/AC/TUBE/TABLE
DATE: 1936
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0396.001

MANUFACTURER: RCA Victor Co. Ltd.
MODEL: ACR 175
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 0123
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL CASE/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS/ METAL, SYNTHETIC AND GLASS WORKING PARTS/ GLASS DIAL AND BULB COVERS

Dimensions

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

Length: 55.5 cm
Width: 31.0 cm
Height: 27.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Radio
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: RCA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1936-1950'S
Canada: MADE ANDUSED IN CANADA
Function: AN "ALL-WAVE" RECEIVER DESIGNED TO RECEIVE SIGNALS IN THE 500 TO 60,000 KILOCYCLE RANGE "WITH ADDITIONS TO FACILITATE THE USE IN 2-WAY COMMUNICATIONS".
Technical: A PRECISION ALL-WAVE SHPERHET. RECV'R WITH EXTENDED HIGH/AM RANGE 95M TO 600 IN 4 RANGES). INCORPORATED A NEW BUT NOW COMMON FEATURE WHICH PERMITTED BOTH HIGH SPEED & PRECISION TUNING (ONE POINTER IS GEARED TO TRAVEL 18 TIMES FASTER THAN THE OTHER)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 PAPER LABELS AFFIXED INSIDE CASE IN BAD SHAPE, READ IN PART: 'RCA Victor Radio/ Super-Heterodyne/ MODEL ACR-175/ Range 500-60,000 Kilocycles/ Made in Canada by RCA Victor Company Limited/ and licensed under patents owned and/or controlled/ by Canadian Radio Patents Limited only for non-/ commercial reception of public radio telephone/ broadcasting. Patented 1916-1932 inclusive./ 160003 [TO] 309517/ LOCATION OF RADIOTRONS/ [DIAGRAM]/ This set is designed for and equipped/ with genuine radiotrons''[WARNING LABEL RE: PROSECUTION IF OPERATOR IS NOT TRAINED & LICENSED FOR A PRIVATE RADIO RECIEIVING LICENSE FROM MINISTSER OF MARINE OF CANADA]/ (EXTRACT FROM RADIO TELEGRAPH ACT PAR.31...1932)'/ Manufacturer's Plate on back of receiver: "MODEL ACR-175 VOLTS 105/125/ WATTS 110 CYCLES 25/60/ MADE IN CANADA/ SERIAL No. 0123/ RCA Victor Company Limited/ MONTREAL - CANADA"./ DIAL IN CENTRE FRONT : "RCA" IN MIDDLE/ FOUR SCALES - INNERMOST : ‘0' TO ‘9' / NEXT: ‘.50' TO ‘1.6' AND ‘16' TO ‘60'/ NEXT: ‘1.7' TO ‘15'/ OUTSIDE: ‘0' TO ‘95'/ INDICATIONS AROUND KNOBS: ‘POWER - TONE/ OFF BASS MUSIC SPEECH STAND BY'/ ‘SIGNAL INPUT/ 1 10 100 1000 10000'/ ‘SELECTIVITY/ MAX. CRYSTAL OFF'/ ‘A.V.C./ OFF ON'/ ‘RANGE/ D C B A'/ ‘VOLUME/ INCREASE'/ ‘BEAT OSCILLATOR/ OFF ON'/ ‘HETERODYNE/ 3 2 1 0 1 2 3'.
Missing: THE DONOR PAINTED THE RECIEVER "AIR FORCE BLUE" OVER THE ORIGINAL BLACK CRACKLE FINISH IN 1946./ ONE PIECE OF SPEAKER SUPPORT BROKEN OFF AND CAT AS PT
Finish: CASE PAINTED "AIR FORCE" BLUE/ PALE YELLOW DESIGNATION PLATES WITH BROWN PRINTING/ BLACK KNOBS
Decoration: N/A

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