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Canadian Marconi Co. Ltd. (CMC, Esterline), Marconi's Wireless; Montreal, QC

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Name: Canadian Marconi Co. Ltd. (CMC, Esterline), Marconi's Wireless; Montreal, QC    (CDN)  
alternative name:
CMC Canada || Marconi, Canada
Abbreviation: canadia-ma
Products: Model types Brand
Summary:

Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada
(1903)

Canadian Marconi Company Ltd.
(1925)

CMC Electronics, Inc.
(2001)

Esterline Avionics Systems - CMC Electronics
(2007)

CMC's principal locations were in Montreal, Quebec; Ottawa, Ontario; and Chicago, Illinois.

Radio Tubes were made for the company from c. 1927. In 1939 tubes offered numbered over 160 receiving types. Some were branded Marconi and some "Made in Canada for Marconi".

Founded: 1903
History:

1903 Incorporation of Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada
1925 Name changed to Canadian Marconi Ltd.

1948 English Electric Company Ltd. (UK) buys Marconi Company (UK)
1953 English Electric acquires 50.6% of Canadian Marconi
1968 English Electric bought by GEC (UK)
1999 BAE Systems (British Aerospace) purchases GEC's share of CMC

2000 Name changed to BAE Systems Canda
2001 BAE bought by ONCAP (an investment group lead by Onex Corporation)
2001 Transfer of all shares to ONCAP

Rights to the Marconi name sold to Marconi plc., the former GEC (date uncertain)

2001 Name changed to CMC Electronics Inc.
2007 CMC aquired by Esterline (in March)

2019 Esterline acquired by TransDigm Group Inc


Some models:
Country Year Name 1st Tube Notes
CDN  30/31 21 24  Push-pull af output.  
CDN  30/31 22 24  Push-pull af output.  
CDN  30/31 23 24  Push-pull af output.  
CDN  27/28 Marconi Model X (10)    
CDN  28/29 Marconi Model XI (11)    
CDN  30 Marconi XII    
CDN  23 Marconiphone MK I WX199  Marconiphone 1 or model M1 as noted on the serial number tags is a two-piece set. Dimensio... 
CDN  24 Marconiphone III (M3) UV201A  This receiver was an original development of the Canadian Marconi Wireless Telegraph Compa... 
CDN  30 Marconiphone IV    
CDN  30 Marconiphone IX    
CDN  30 Marconiphone V    
CDN  30 Marconiphone VII    

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Further details for this manufacturer by the members (rmfiorg):

Tube Boxtbn_cnd_canadian_marconi.jpg
Marconi Service Manualtbn_ca_marconi_service_manual1.png
Marconi Service Manualtbn_ca_marconi_service_manual2.jpg
Marconi Service Manual Inhalttbn_ca_marconi_service_manual_index.png
Scanned from the Marconi Folder for 1936.tbn_marconi_cdn_1936_p1_part1.jpg
Scanned from the Marconi Folder for 1936.tbn_marconi_cdn_1936_p1_part2.jpg
Scanned from the Marconi Folder for 1936.tbn_marconi_cdn_1936_p1_part3.jpg
Scanned from the Marconi Folder for 1936.tbn_marconi_cdn_1936_p2_part2.jpg
Scanned from the Marconi Folder for 1936.tbn_marconi_cdn_1936_p2_part3.jpg
Scanned from the handsome line Marconi Booklet for 1959.tbn_marconi_folder_1959_p16_17.jpg
Scanned from the handsome line Marconi Booklet for 1959.tbn_marconi_folder_1959_p20_21.jpg
Scanned from the handsome line Marconi Booklet for 1959.tbn_marconi_folder_1959_p22_23.jpg
Scanned from the handsome line Marconi Booklet for 1959.tbn_marconi_folder_1959_p24_25.jpg
Scanned from the handsome line Marconi Booklet for 1959.tbn_marconi_58_59_p26_27.jpg
Scanned from the handsome line Marconi Booklet for 1959.tbn_marconi_58_59_p28_29.jpg
Scanned from the handsome line Marconi Booklet for 1959.tbn_marconi_58_59_p34_35.jpg
Scanned from the handsome line Marconi Booklet for 1959.tbn_marconi_58_59_p2_3.jpg
Scanned from the handsome line Marconi Booklet for 1959.tbn_marconi_58_59_p4_5.jpg
Scanned from the handsome line Marconi Booklet for 1959.tbn_marconi_58_59_p6_7.jpg
Scanned from the handsome line Marconi Booklet for 1959.tbn_marconi_58_59_p8_9.jpg
Scanned from the Marconi Folder Radios..Phono-Combinations..HI-FI for 1955tbn_marconi_folder_1955_p1.jpg
Scanned from the Marconi Folder Radios..Phono-Combinations..HI-FI for 1955tbn_marconi_folder_1955_p2.jpg
Scanned from the Marconi Folder Radios..Phono-Combinations..HI-FI for 1955tbn_marconi_folder_1955_p4.jpg
Scanned from the Marconi Folder Radios..Phono-Combinations..HI-FI for 1955tbn_marconi_folder_1955_p7.jpg
Scanned from the Marconi Folder Radios..Phono-Combinations..HI-FI for 1955tbn_marconi_folder_1955_p10.jpg
Scanned from the Marconi Folder Radios..Phono-Combinations..HI-FI for 1955tbn_marconi_folder_1955_p11.jpg
Scanned from the Marconi Folder Radios..Phono-Combinations..HI-FI for 1955tbn_marconi_folder_1955_p12.jpg
tbn_can_marconi_tubebox.jpg
Thanks for the photo Mr. Ferenc Tóth!tbn_h_magyarrad_radioujsag_1924~~2.jpg
Source: Magyar Rádió Újság, 1924.tbn_cdn_marconima_50year_mru_1924_1.jpg
Marconi ink blottertbn_marconi_ink_blotter.jpg

  

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