General Information

Serial #

PROTOTYPE/12

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION WITH GLASS TUBES OVER THE METAL CONNECTOR TIPS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radar

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

General Electric

Country

England

State/Province

Middlesex

City

Wembley

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Second World War

Canada

THIS MAGNETRON WAS BROUGHT TO CANADA IN 1940 BY THE BRITISH TECHNICAL MISSION LED BY HENRY TIZARD, AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MAGNETRONS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING HIGH POWER PULSES AT A WAVELENGTH OF 10-CM. DISCLOSURE OF ITS BASIC FEATURES PERMITTED WARTIME RADAR TO ATTAIN TECHNICAL MATURITY

Function

USED AS AN OSCILLATOR TO GENERATE HIGH FREQUENCY, HIGH POWER PULSES OF RADAR

Technical

THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MAGNETRONS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING HIGH POWER PULSES AT A WAVELENGTH OF 10-CM

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

#12 SCRATCHED IN PAINT

Missing

ONE OF THE GLASS TIPS BROKEN WHILE ON LOAN TO NRC; REPAIRED

Finish

PAINTED FLAT BLACK

Decoration

N/A