General Information

Serial #

AI 31816

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 SYNTHETIC & METAL MATERILAS OF CONSTRUCTION..2 SYNTHETIC PANEL. 3 IMITATION LEATHER..4 METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS..5 IMITATION LEATHER.

Dimensions

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

Length

10.4 cm

Width

6.3 cm

Height

3.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MATSUSHITA

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF RADIO PRESUMABLY USED 1958+.

Canada

TRANSISTOR RADIOS WERE THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT FOR JAPANESE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS IN THE CANADIAN MARKET. (REF. 1)

Function

TO RECEIVE AM BROADCAST RADIO SIGNALS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF SMALL, HAND HELD TRANSISTOR RADIO MADE IN LARGE NUMBERS IN THIS PERIOD. SUCH RADIOS WERE THE FIRST APPLICATION OF TRANSISTORS TO CONSUMER ELECTRONICS. (REF. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "PANASONIC 6 TRANSISTOR" & triangular logo appear on radio front; tuning dial labelled "54 6 7 9 12 16". Various internal components bear markings..2 "SERIAL No./ AI/ 31816/ INSPECT/ 086104/ S-2" printed on pink label in upper left inside corner. Decal on inside centre back of panel reads "6-TRANSISTOR PORTABLE/ MODEL T-13/ Freq. Range: 540~1600 KC/ (556~187.5 m)/ Battery: 9V NATIONAL 006P/ or equivalents/ MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD." "T-13/ [left pointing arrow symbol + ear symbol + bell or volume symbol]" cast in raised form in upper left rear corner. "MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD./ MADE IN JAPAN" cast on back./ .3 "PANASONIC" & "MADE IN JAPAN" stamped onto case/ .4 No markings vibisle/ .5 "MADE IN JAPAN" stamped into case./

Missing

.3 RADIO CASE MISSINGTOP & STRAP. .5 EAR PLUG CASE MISSING STRAP/LOOP TO SECURE IT TO RADIO CASE (.3)

Finish

.1-.2 RADIO CASING HAS BRUSHED SILVER METAL AND SHINY SILVER METAL PANELS IN UPPER HALF; FINE BLACK MESH COVERS LOWER HALF OF FRONT; SIDES AND BACK PANEL ARE OFF-WHITE SYNTHETIC..3 &.5 CASES ARE BLACK IMITATION LEATHER; BROWN INTERIOR SURFACES..4 EAR PLUG FITTING AND CONNECTOR HAVE PINK SYNTHETIC MOUNTINGS; SILVER METAL AND BEIGE & OPAQUE SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS AND FITTINGS.

Decoration

N/A