Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRANSMITTING/200MC
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0521.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Heintz & Kaufman
- MODEL
- 54
- LOCATION
- San Francisco, California, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 10133
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ CERAMIC BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Radar
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Heintz Kaufman
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- San Francisco
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY WWII
- Canada
-
USED IN FIRST RADAR IN CANADA C. 1940 [TAG ON ARTIFACT] - Function
-
USED AS A TRANSMITTING TUBE IN 200MC RADAR UNITS - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF EARLY RADAR TUBE MODEL - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINT ON GLASS; 'GAMMATRON/TYPE 54/ FIL VOLTS 5/ HEINTZ AND [LOGO] KAUFMAN/ SOUTH CALIFORNIA/ SAN FRANCISCO U.S.A./ 10133'/ PRINTED ON BASE: 'MADE FOR/ CANADIAN GENERAL/ ELECTRIC CO. LTD./ LICENSED/ AS STATED/ ON CARTON'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ WHITE BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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