Airplane Radio Telegraph Xmitter SCR-65
Connecticut Telephone & Electric Company (Sodion); Meriden (CT)
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Connecticut Telephone & Electric Company (Sodion); Meriden (CT)
- Year
- 1918
- Category
- Military transmitter
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 157896
- Main principle
- Transmitter
- Power type and voltage
- Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios)
- Loudspeaker
- - - No sound reproduction output.
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Airplane Radio Telegraph Xmitter SCR-65 - Connecticut Telephone &
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 8 x 5 x 7 inch / 203 x 127 x 178 mm
- Notes
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The SCR-65 radio transmitter was manufactured for the United States Signal Corps - Also designated the BC-15. It's a quenched gap (spark) transmitter, first type used in airplanes..
SCR-65s were used aboard aircraft for artillery spotting, relaying information to US ground troops who were picking up the transmissions with their BC-14a and SCR-54a receivers.
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- Vintage Radio 1887-1929, Greenwood's Classic Pictorial Album (picture p. 34)
- Author
- Model page created by Meyer Rochwerger. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 20 models, 19 with images and 3 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Connecticut Telephone & Electric Company (Sodion); Meriden (CT)
Collections
The model Airplane Radio Telegraph Xmitter is part of the collections of the following members.