Type: Rotary spark gap transmitter
Power: 1/4 kw
Made by: Marconi Canada
Comment: No other information is available at this time. This transmitter has no model number.
1/4 kw transmitter front view (Photo from EDRC) 1/4 kw transmitter with side panel removed . (Photo from EDRC) The 1/4 kw transmitter atop the desk with the Canadian Marconi 2846B receiver on the right. This setup was designed for a "steel steam drifter" which is a type of single screw ship of the Ocean Class. (Photo courtesy Canadian Railway and Marine World)
Contributors and Credits:1) Lewis Bodkin <05bodkin555(at)gmail.com>
2) Handbook of Technical Instruction for Wireless Telegraphists).
The Early Develop,ent of Radio In Canada (EDRC) by Robert Murray
4) Canadian Railway and Marine World ,Feb. 1919.
May 23/19