Type 618

transmitter/receiver, radio.

General purpose equipment with low power transmitters, and employing valves and coventional circuitry. Housed in grey-painted steel cabinets. This type of equipment was fitted in all classes of British warships during the 1950s.
HF Transmitter: Cpable of radiating continous C.W.,M.C.W. or Voice signals over the frequency range 1.5 -16 Mc/s in three bands. Output 40 watts.
MF transmitter: Designed for transmission of C.W. and M.C.W. or Voice signals in the Band 330-550 Kc/s. Output 15 watts.
HF.MF. Receiver. General purpose receiver for reception of A.M. signals in the HF and MF bands. Frequency range 59-555 kc/s & 1.47-30 Mc/s.

Object Details

ID: NAV1079
Type: Radio Transmitter/Receiver
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Murphy Radio
Date made: 1959
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 1079 mm x 330 mm x 381 mm