General Information

Serial #

C-2074

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD CABINET. METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS & FITTINGS., bakelite

Dimensions

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

Length

59.0 cm

Width

30.0 cm

Height

23.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

KIPP

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS TYPE OF RECEIVER USED 1925+

Canada

EARLY SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVER MFD IN TORONTO, ONT. BY H.M. KIPP CO. IN 1925. KIPP CO. WAS ONE OF FEW RECEIVER MFRS. TO EXPERIMENT USING PEANUT TUBE TECHNOLOGY. (REF. 2)

Function

TO DETECT AND AMPLIFY RADIO SIGNALS.

Technical

FIRST MARKETED IN 1924, SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVERS WERE MORE STABLE, ACHIEVED HIGHER LEVELS OF AMPLIFICATION, AND OFFEREDSIMPLER TUNING & BETTER SELECTIVITY THAN OTHER TYPES. BY 1930 SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVERS DOMINATED THE DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL MARKETS, AND REMAIN THE BASIC RADIO CIRCUIT IN USE TODAY (2001). (1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"MODEL 27/ MERCURY/ SUPER-TEN/ TYPE-SU-10" printed on front panel. All controls, connections, etc. labelled. "C-2074" printed on chassis. "N.E. Co. LIMITED/ R8400 PAT. 1922-23" cast in raised print on tube sockets. Some individual components and connections bear mfr. and other markings.

Missing

CABINET IS NOT ORIGINAL. SHOULD BE FITTED WITH PLAIN DIALS AND PLUG-IN COILS. (REF. 1) From CA of 12/19/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

RED-BROWN WOOD CABINET, SAVE NEW & UNFINISHED BACK PANEL. BLACK SYNTHETIC PANEL FITTED WITH BLACK MOULDED SYNTHETIC KNOBS. GLASS VACUUM TUBES INSIDE. CLEAR SYNTHETIC FILM COVERING OVER TUNING COILS.

Decoration

N/A