Cassette Tape Recorder and Radio
date: label: date made
content: 1995
name: label: maker
content: Delco Electronics
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Radio Data System (RDS) demonstration car radio was used in a 1995 ceremony on Capitol Hill marking the establishment of the 100th RDS-capable broadcast station, WKYS-FM in Washington, DC. RDS technology consisted of an inaudible text data stream transmitted from specially-equipped FM stations. The data included artist identification, community-service bulletins and traffic information. The demonstration receiver also includes a cassette tape deck with Dolby noise reduction. Engineer Ray Dolby designed a “sound compander” in the mid-1960s to improve audio output quality of recordings while working at Ampex and later founded a company to improve this technique.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Magnetic Recording
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content: Communications
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Delphi Delco Electronic Systems, thru Gil Porter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0073.01
label: accession number
content: 1998.0073
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0073.01
label: model number
content: 16174681
label: serial number
content: 3100085
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
label: Object Name
content: recording device
label: Object Name
content: automotive tape player
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 16 in x 10 in; 22.225 cm x 40.64 cm x 25.4 cm