Ambassador 650/CR Radio
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| Ambassador 650/CR floor-standing radio from the Festival of Britain | |
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Ambassador 650/CR floor-standing radio from the Festival of Britain, 1951.
Beside the mass-market radio makers were a few small firms which specialised in well-designed, high-quality receivers at a premium price. One such was R N Fitton Ltd, of Brighouse in Yorkshire, who made the Ambassador range. This actual set was displayed at the South Bank Exhibition of the Festival of Britain, 1951. After the exhibition closed it was purchased privately by C J Whitcombe of the Council of Industrial Design.
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[edit] How it works
Radio transmissions are created using two kinds of waves: a carrier wave is used to modulate a radio-frequency wave to encode audio. Circuits in the receiving equipment recreate the carrier wave and decode the signal.
All waves have three parts: wavelength, amplitude and frequency. Wavelength affects receiving characteristics (typically range); amplitude (AM) or frequency (FM) can be changed to carry information.
Radio waves are at the low end of the electromagnetic spectrum, which also includes infra-red, microwaves, visible light, ultraviolet and x-rays.
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[edit] In the Science Museum
Source: Gift in memory of Mr Christopher J Whitcombe. Inv. No: 2007-42
Audio Tour Call 020 7112 2020 when Prompted dial 907
This object is currently on display in the Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum, London.[edit] Images
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