Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRF/BATTERY/TUBE/TABLE
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0320.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Standard Radio Mfg. Corp. Ltd.
- MODEL
- ROGERS 50
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 215
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CABINET; METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS & FITTINGS. FABRIC COVERED ELECTRICAL CORDS., bakelite
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 71.0 cm
- Width
- 43.7 cm
- Height
- 26.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Rogers
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF RECEIVER USED 1925+
- Canada
-
EARLY TUNED RADIO FREQUENCY RECEIVER MFD IN TORONTO, ON BY STANDARD RADIO MFG. CORP. LTD., IN 1925. STANDARD RADIO MFG CORP. WERE OWNERS OF THE CANADIAN DE FOREST RADIO PATENTS. - Function
-
TO DETECT AND AMPLIFY RADIO SIGNALS. - Technical
-
TUNED RADIO FREQUENCY (TRF) RECEIVERS USE ONE OR MORE STAGES OF RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFICATION BEFORE A SEPARATE DETECTOR STAGE: EACH STAGE HAS TO BE SEPARATELY TUNED. THOUGH REQUIRING MULTIPLETUNING CONTROLS AND A RELATIVELY LARGE NUMBER OF EXPENSIVE VACUUM TUBES, TRFS WERE MORE SELECTIVE, MORE SENSITIVE & LOUDER THAN COMPETING REGENERATIVE RECEIVERS. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "ROGERS/ TYPE/ 50" and "PAT. 1916-17-18-19-20-21-22-23" marked on front panel. Controls are labelled on cabinet front. "215" stamped into inside right edge of cabinet top. Reproduction instruction card tacked to insdie of cabinet lid titled "INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING AND OPERATING TYPE 50 RECEIVER"; and marked "The Standard Radio Manufacturing Corporation Limited, Toronto 2, Canada/ Owners of the Canadian De Forest Radio Patents)". "NA-ALD/ PAT. PEND." cast in raised print on tube receptacles. Each vacuum tube marked "PATENTED/ RVC/ AS SET FORTH ON CARTON" on tube top; "RADIOTRON/ UX201-A" on base.
- Missing
- UNKNOWN. REPRODUCTION INSTRUCTION CARD REMOVED FROM INSIDE CABINET- NOW IN OVERSIZE SUPP. INFO. From CA of 12/20/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- DARK WOOD CABINET HAS DARKER IMITATION WOOD FRONT PANEL FITTED WITH BLACK MOULDED SYNTHETIC KNOBS. GLASS VACUUM TUBES HAVE SILVERED SLEEVES.
- Decoration
- INCISED AND INPAINTED GOLDTONE SCROLLING PATTERNS DECORATE CORNERS OF FRONT PANEL OF CABINET.
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