Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AMP/OSC/MOD/WATER-COOLED
- DATE
- 1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0780.001
- MANUFACTURER
- W.E.
- MODEL
- 298A
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- 1682
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 130.1 cm
- Width
- 25.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Transmitting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
A NEW 50KW TRANSMITTER MADE BY NORTHERN ELECTRIC (BTL DESIGN) USING TWO 298A TUBES WAS PLACED IN SERVICE IN CANADA DURING THE WINTER OF 1937-8 - Function
-
USED AS AN OSCILLATOR, MODULATOR OR AMPLIFIER AT HIGH POWER LEVELS - Technical
-
ONE OF THE LARGEST TUBES TO BE MANUFACTURED; EXCEEDED ONLY IN SIZE BY 320A - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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W.E., Vacuum tube, circa 1939, Artifact no. 1969.0780, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0780.001/
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