SG Brown Headphones used with the BBC OBA/8 Amplifier
- Made:
- circa 1938
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Headphones used with the BBC OBA/8 amplifier, probably made by SG Brown c.1938. Bakelite earpieces. Long greenish cloth-insulated cable terminated with red phone connector. Can go with 2012-5118/250 and other OBA/8. The OBA/8 was developed for radio outside broadcasts in the late 1930s. It was used extensively for both radio and early TV OBs and continued in service well after its successor (OBA/9) was introduced.
Details
- Category:
- Television
- Collection:
- BBC Heritage Collection
- Object Number:
- 2012-5118/254
- Materials:
- bakelite, metal (unknown) and electronic components
- Measurements:
-
overall: 55 mm x 200 mm x 220 mm, .5 kg
- type:
- headphones
