- Subject
- Radio communication
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Presented by the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Other inscriptions
- Instruction card (loosely enclosed) is headed 'Miniature Communications Receiver (M.C.R.1.)', but has no manufacturer's name
- Object type
- Radio communication
- Dimensions
- Height: 120mm Width: 247mm Depth: 231mm Weight: 4.65kg
- Inventory No
- 85132
- Accession Number
- 1992-26
Description
A painted metal box containing a clandestine communications receiver, comprising of two rectangular grey metal boxes, one of which is the receiver and has numerous black dials and switches, the other of which is a power pack and has perforated metal sides to keep the electrical components cool. The receiver has a black wire which can connect to the power pack, which has a socket plug. There are three metal coil units, which have scales on one side in megaunits. There is a pair of black headphones. There is a paper instruction pamphlet inside and a piece of paper with various handwritten numbers.
