General Information

Serial #

15109473

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, POSSIBLY ALUMINUM, CABINET AND FRONT PANEL; STEEL HANDLES; SYNTHETIC KNOBS & CASES; GLASS METER COVERS; METAL, GLASS, & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS; METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

53.0 cm

Width

39.0 cm

Height

31.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Hewlett Packard

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

THIS UNIT USED BY DONOR BETWEEN 1963 AND 1996

Canada

PART OF THE CBC RADIO BROADCAST STUDIO INSIDE THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS, NANAMIO, B.C. THIS WAS ONE OF 7 UNDERGROUND BUNKERS BUILT ACROSS CANADA FROM 1959-63 TO SHELTER GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY OFFICIALS, PROVIDECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, AND ENSURE "CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT" AFTER A NUCLEAR ATTACK.

Function

USED TO MEASURE GAIN OR FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES OR COMPONENTS WITHIN THE AUDIO FREQUENCY RANGE

Technical

TYPICALLY USED FOR AMPLIFIER GAIN MEASUREMENTS, NETWORK FREQUENCY RESPONSE, SOURCE OF VOLTAGE FOR DISTORTION MEASUREMENTS, BROADCAST TRANSMITTER AUDIO RESPONSE, LOUDSPEAKER RESPONSE, GENERAL LABORATORY APPLICATION, AND PRODUCTION TESTING. TUBE TECHNOLOGY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE ON BACK: 'SER. 151-09473/ 115/230 VOLTS 50-1000 CYCLES/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ FRONT PLATE: 'HEWLETT HL[LOGO] PACKARD'/ PRINTING ON FRONT PANEL INCLUDES: 'AUDIO SIGNAL GENERATOR/ MODEL 205AG/ HEWLETT HP[LOGO] PACKARD/ FREQUENCY/ OUTPUT ATTENUATOR (DB) [2 TIMES]/ INPUT ATTENUATOR (DB)/ FREQUENCY RANGE/ AMPLITUDE/ IMPEDANCE/ [PLUS VARIOUS NUMBER RANGES AROUND DIALS & KNOBS]'/ TWO METERS MOUNTED ON FRONT READ IN PART: 'OUTPUT LEVEL/ HEWLETT PACKARD/ VOLTS [NUMBER RANGE]''INPUT LEVEL/ HEWLETT PACKARD/ VOLTS [NUMBER RANGE]'

Missing

N/A

Finish

CABINET BROWN CRINKLE METAL; FRONT PANEL, GREY; BLACK OR RED KNOBS; BLACK PRINTING ON FRONT PANEL

Decoration

N/A