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Radio Receiver Type BC342N, 1940s

Inventory Number 78655


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.78655

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"RADIO RECEIVER / BC 342 N / SERIAL NO. _________" printed on exterior of cardboard box.
Object type
Radio communication
Dimensions
Height: 460mm Width: 250mm Depth: 180mm
Inventory No
78655
Accession Number
2004-9/585

Description

Radio Receiver Type BC342N, in enamelled black steel case with side handles, various polished black Bakelite controls, and glazed-fronted frequency tuning display, upon vertical front panel. Dials include align input, crystal phasing, volume (scale 0-9), cw-osc adjust, Vernier (scale 0-9), two fuse dials, fast tuning, mvc/avc, and band change. With send/receive switch, four lock terminals, two antennae terminals, and five covered terminals (marked "KEY", "MICRO", "SPEAKER / 2ND AUDIO", "PHONES / 2ND AUDIO", PHONES / 2ND AUDIO" respectively). With fuse and power cable at rear. With input/output wire.