WERS-WJDC civil defense radio unit
date: label: date made
content: ca 1942
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: War Emergency Radio Service-WJDC civil defense portable radio unit used during World War II to maintain contact between sector or zone warden and sector post. Range about 1 mile. A black steel case with a leather handle and cloth carry-strap on top. A plastic telephone handset hangs on a hook on the left side, and a wire busing is on the right side. The front panel has a plastic dial, graduated 0 to 50; a three-position switch labeled "Send", Rec." and "Stand By"; a rotary knob with a plate graduated 0 to 100; a toggle switch "On" and "Off"; and two plug sockets labeled "Phono" and "Microphone". An antenna is mounted on two ceramic binding posts with clips. Stenciled on top: "WJDC / No. 50".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Civil Defense Post 47-E-1; thru Hayner H. Gordon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.313219
label: catalog number
content: 313219
label: accession number
content: 170295
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Transceiver
label: Other Terms
content: Transceiver; Radio
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: casing only: 12 in x 10 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm x 22.86 cm