General Information

Serial #

154065

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN CABINET; SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL AND KNOBS; METAL CHASSIS; METAL, GLASS AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS; CARDSTOCK INTERNAL PARTS; FABRIC SPEAKER COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

82.0 cm

Width

45.0 cm

Height

111.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

STROMBERG CARLSON

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

WOULD HAVE BEEN USED POST 1941

Canada

ORIGINALLY OWNED BY WALTER A. RUSH (1880-1954) WHOSE ASSOCIATION WITH RADIO IN CANADA DATES FROM HIS TENURE IN CHARGE OF THE MARCONI STATION IN CAPE RAY NFLD 1905. FROM 1912-1946 HEHELD SEVERAL SENIOR POSITIONS RE: RADIO IN THE FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE [REF 3]

Function

USED TO DETECT RADIO WAVES & CONVERT THEM TO AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL IN THE AUDIO FREQUENCY RANGE SO THAT IT CAN BE AMPLIFIED AND USED TO DRIVE A LOUDSPEAKER

Technical

THIS A RARE EXAMPLE OF AN FM RADIO RECEIVER OPERATING IN THE 42-50 MC BAND. THIS BAND WAS ONLY ASSIGNED TO FM BY THE FCC (USA) IN 1940. IN SUMMER 1945 FM WAS SHIFTED TO 88-108 MHZ RENDERING THIS RECEIVER OBSOLETE. DUE TO WWII VERY FEW HOME RADIOS WERE BUILT BETWEEN 1941 & 1946. [REF 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG. PLATE ON CHASSIS: 'Stromberg-Carlson/ SERIAL NO./ 154065/ AC VOLTS/ 105-125/ CYCLES/ 25-60/ MAX. WATTS/ 140'/ STAMPED IN CHASSIS: '843812/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ CESA STICKER ON CHASSIS/ CARDS AFFIXED TO INSIDE: 'STROMBERG-CARLSON RADIO RECIEVER CODE NO. 154M/ MAXIMUM INPUT WATTS 140/...[RULES ON OPERATION & GUARANTEE COVERAGE]/ Printed in Canada''RADUI RECEUVER/ LICENSED BY "CANADIAN RADIO PATENTS LIMITED" ONLY FOR/ NON-COMMERCIAL RECEPTION OF PUBLIC RADIO TELEPHONE/ BROADCASTING. PATENTED1916-1923 INCLUSIVE./ LICENSED BY HAZELTINE CORPORATION, PATENTED 1924-1938/ INCLUSIVE/ Stromberg- Carlson Telephone Mfg. Co./ OF CANADA LIMITED, TORONTO, ONTARIO'/ Advertisement affixed to back of set: ‘THIS RADIO IS EQUIPPED WITH THE FAMOUS/ ACOUSTICAL LABYRINTH/ ABSORBS ALL THE UNWANTED / SOUNDS/ Stromberg-Carlson United States Patents./ No. 2,031,500 Feb. 18, 1936/ No. 2,041,777 May 26, 1936/ Stromberg-Carlson Canadian Patent/ No. 356,313 March 3, 1936/ AN EXCLUSIVE PATENTED FEATURE OF/ Stromberg-Carlson'/ Printing on Dial Plate Includes: ‘Stromberg-Carlson/ SHORT WAVE/ [COUNTRY NAMES]/ MC 6 77 8 9 10 12 14 16 18/ FREQUENCY MODULATION/ MC 42 44 46 48 50/ STANDARD BROADCAST/ KC 550 600 700 800 900 1100 1300 1500/ MC 1.6 1.8 2 2.4 3 3.6/ POLICE AMATEUR POLICE AIRCRAFT/ MEDIUM WAVE'/ Designations around knobs: ‘VOLUME/ STATIONS/ OFF.ON.TONE/ RANGES/ BASS/ LOOP'/ Decals on buttons: ‘PHONO/ F.M./ WEAF/ WJZ/ WABC/ CBO/ WBZ/ CKCO'

Missing

TWO TUBES

Finish

CABINET STAINED AND VARNISHED; MOTTLED BROWN DIALS AND BUTTONS; CLEAR DIAL PLATE WITH WHITE AND GOLD PRINTING - BROWN BACKGROUND; GOLD AND BROWN WOVEN SPEAKER COVER

Decoration

FRONT- FOUR PILLARS TRIMMED WITH GOLD LINES AT BOTTOM ATTACHED IN FRONT OF SPEAKER COVER; BEVELLED EDGES AT BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM OF CABINET; BOWED FRONT WITH TWO DOORS OVER DIAL PLATE AND KNOBS