overall: 13 in x 14 1/4 in x 6 in; 33.02 cm x 36.195 cm x 15.24 cm
Object Name:
radio receiver
Date made:
ca 1920
Description (Brief):
Marked: "Signal Corps, U.S. Army / Operating Chest Type BC 53-A / Used with Radio-Telegraph Set / Type SCR-105 / Order No. 130898 / Serial No. G-970 / Date 1920 / Made by Radio Corporation of America / N.P. 20404". This is a field type unit with a canvas flap over the control panel. Controls include transmit-receive switch, secondary tuning condenser, antenna tuning inductance, primary tuning, and receiver coupling. Output for telephones or amplifier. Tube missing.
