General Information

Serial #

88120

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

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Weight

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RCA

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THESE RADIOS WERE USED BY THE CANADIAN ARMY FROM 1942-1963 [REF 3]

Canada

THIS UNIT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST KNOWN PIECE OF RADIO EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CANADIAN ARMY. [REF 1]

Function

USED TO SEND AND RECEIVE RADIO SIGNALS.

Technical

THIS SET WAS USED IN MOST ARMOURED VEHICLES INCLUDING TANKS AND JEEPS. WITH ITS HIGH POWER AMPLIFIER STAGE ATTACHED IT FUNCTIONED AS A HIGHLY EFFICIENT GROUND STATION FOR COMMUNICATION OVER GREATER DISTANCES. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 TRANSCEIVER: MFG PLATE: 'WIRELESS SETS (CANADIAN) NO 19 MK III/ SERIAL NO. 77811 RCA 107127-202/ Northern Electric'/ DESIGNATIONS AROUND KNOBS IN ENGLISH & RUSSIAN/ SUPPLY UNIT: MFG PLATE: 'WIRELESSSET/ CANADIAN #19 MK III/ SUPPLY UNIT/ NO. 2/ RCA 101988-88,2A-10572/ SERIAL NUMBER/ 88120/ MADE IN CANADA/ 1943/ RCA VICTOR CO. LTD.'/ PLATE: 'WARNING/ SET 12/ 24V SWITCH/ (INSIDE)/ TO BATTERY VOLTAGE' [ALSO IN RUSSIAN]/ AROUND SWITCHES IN RUSSIAN & ENG: 'VIBR./ OFF/ DYN/ HT1 275+/ HT2 500+/ VIBR.'/ CALIBRATOR - PRINTED: 'CRYSTAL CALIBRATOR/ FOR WIRELESS SET NO 19/ MADE BY/ CANADIAN MARCONI COMPANY/ 1943/ CMC-110-585'/ VARIOMETER: MFG PLATE 'WIRELESS SETS NO 19 AERIAL VARIOMETER...NO.70871'/.2 'MICROPHONE/ HAND NO. T'/

Missing

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Finish

Unknown

Decoration

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