BBC radio microphone type XFM/4

Made:
1955 in London
maker:
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC radio microphone, type XFM/4, 1955, in wooden transit case

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BBC radio microphone, type XFM/4, 1955, in wooden transit case
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BBC radio microphone type XFM/4, 1955, in wooden transit case. Serial No. 157.

The transmitter of the radio microphone equipment recently developed [as of December 1955] by the Designs Department, BBC Engineering Division. The overall size of this transmitter is the same as that of a packet of twenty standard cigarettes.

Details

Category:
Radio Communication
Object Number:
1977-504
Materials:
wood (unidentified), electronic components, metal (unknown) and cardboard
type:
microphone
credit:
Institution of Electrical Engineers