Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AM-FM/MULTIBAND/SUPERHET/AC/TUBE/TABLE/HOME
- DATE
- 1933–1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0358.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- K80
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 0257
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE; GLASS, METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS;METAL CHASSIS; SYNTHETIC KNOBS; GLASS DIAL COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 38.0 cm
- Width
- 30.0 cm
- Height
- 55.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY USED FROM C. 1933
- Canada
-
GOOD EXAMPLE OF CANADIAN BUILT RADIO OF THE 1930S. - Function
-
USED TO DETECT, DEMODULATE, AND SMPLIFY STANDARD RADIO BROADCAST TRANSMISSIONS. - Technical
-
WHEN INTRODUCED WAS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN FLOOR MODEL SETS OF SIMILAR CAPABILITY; HOWEVER, IT WAS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE SIMPLER TABLE MODELS LIKE THE K52. AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE FLAT-TOPPED, UPRIGHT CABINET WITH GLASS "AIRPLANE" TUNING DIAL. A TRANSITION TO THE MORE ANGULAR ART DECO STYLE [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: 'MODEL K80 VOLTS 105/125/ WATTS 110 CYCLES 25/60/ MADE IN CANADA/ SERIAL NO. 0257/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC/ CO. LIMITED'/ STICKER ON BACK: 'APPROVED/ HYDRO ELECTRIC COMMISSION OF ONTARIO/ 166'/ INNER LABEL READS IN PART: 'MODEL-K 80/ Range 540-18,000 Kilocycles/ LOCATION OF RADIOTRONS/ [DIAGRAM]/ PATENTS/ 160003/.../ 237840/ General Electric Radio/ Super-Heterodyne/ Notice/.../ Warranty/.../ For Best Results use General Electric Radiotrons/ MANUFACTURED BY/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC/ COMPANY LIMITED'/ LABEL RE WARNING CONCERNING PRIVATE RADIO RECEIVING LICENCE EXTRACT DATED 1932/ STAMPED ON CHASSIS: '008130'/ PATENTS: 160003, 169977, 170971, 174361, 198591, 202293, 208583, 208841, 218235, 218281, 218473, 218385, 244847, 249892, 251845, 255163, 181500, 182899, 183275, 198076, 209308, 218999, 214464, 218067, 218931, 220741, 228704, 293552, 258793, 263961, 283062, 302517, 237840"/ MARKINGS ON DIAL: [four rows] "A 550 600 650 700 750 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1400/ B 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500/ C 16M 19M 25M 31M 49M/ D 19 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8/ MEGACYCLES / KILOCYCLES".
- Missing
- BACK PANEL
- Finish
- VARNISHED WOODEN CASE AND KNOBS; BROWNISH-GOLD CLOTH SPEAKER COVER; BEIGE DIAL FACE WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- MOLDED BASE; FRONT PANEL HAS DECORATIVE CUT-OUTS OVER SPEAKER COVER, CARVED LINES, AND MOLDED EDGES
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