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Frame Aerial For Marconiphone Receiver Type 61, by Marconiphone Company, English, c. 1928

Inventory Number 49429


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.49429

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
None
Object type
Radio communication
Dimensions
Height: 375mm Width: 255mm Depth: 50mm
Inventory No
49429
Accession Number
2004-9/135

Description

Frame Aerial For Marconiphone Receiver Type 61, made of mahogany with copper coil, for wavelengths 250-500 and 1000-1900 metres. For swivelling arm on side of cabinet of Marconiphone Screened Grid Six-Valve Receiver Type 61. With steel and Bakelite support, and assorted steel connectors. Previously associated and catalogued with Marconiphone Receiver Type 61 (Inv. Num. 97219) and other Frame Aerial (Inv. Num. 73080).