U.S. Army Signal Corps type BC-114 radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1927
name: label: maker
content: Cardwell Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Signal Crops U.S. Army / Radio Transmitter Type BC-114 / Used with Radio Tel & Tel Set / Type SCR-134 / Designed at Radio Laboratories / Fort Monmouth, New Jersey / Order No. SC-132209 / Date: 4-25-27 / Serial No. 27 / Made by / The Allen D. Cardwell Mfg. Corp. / Brooklyn, New York". Unit employs four triode tubes in a circuit permitting use of CW, modulated CW or AM. A tuning control varies frequency between 400 & 800 kilocycles. Connections available for power supply, control box, and antenna. A five position switch varies ICW tone, and a panel meter measures plate current from 0-500 mils.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320940
label: catalog number
content: 320940
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: serial number
content: BC-114
objectType: label: Object Name
content: receiver, radio
label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 3/4 in x 18 in x 8 in; 37.465 cm x 45.72 cm x 20.32 cm