Cassette Tape Recorder and Radio
Object Details
- date made
- 1995
- maker
- Delco Electronics
- Description (Brief)
- This Radio Data System (RDS) demonstration car radio was used in a 1995 ceremony on Capitol Hill marking the establishment of the 100th RDS-capable broadcast station, WKYS-FM in Washington, DC. RDS technology consisted of an inaudible text data stream transmitted from specially-equipped FM stations. The data included artist identification, community-service bulletins and traffic information. The demonstration receiver also includes a cassette tape deck with Dolby noise reduction. Engineer Ray Dolby designed a “sound compander” in the mid-1960s to improve audio output quality of recordings while working at Ampex and later founded a company to improve this technique.
- Location
- Currently not on view
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Magnetic Recording
- Communications
- Credit Line
- from Delphi Delco Electronic Systems, thru Gil Porter
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 1998.0073.01
- accession number
- 1998.0073
- catalog number
- 1998.0073.01
- model number
- 16174681
- serial number
- 3100085
- Object Name
- radio receiver
- recording device
- automotive tape player
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 3/4 in x 16 in x 10 in; 22.225 cm x 40.64 cm x 25.4 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_1345858