Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OSCILLATOR/AMPLIFIER/DOORKNOB/UHF
- DATE
- 1944–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1469.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric
- MODEL
- 388A
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 763
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.3 cm
- Width
- 6.6 cm
- 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
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO OSCILLATE & AMPLIFY UHF RADIO SIGNALS IN A RADAR TRANSMITTER - Technical
-
WAS ONE OF THE BEST TYPE OF TUBES AVAILABLE IN THE 500-700 MC RANGE FOR VERY EARLY RADAR APPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THE LOW INTERELECTRODE CAPACITANCES & SMALL INTERELECTRODE SPACING (RESULTING IN SHORT ELECTRON TRANSIT TIME) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON GLASS: 'WESTERN ELECTRIC/ MADE IN USA/ D156548/ 763'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric, Vacuum tube, between 1944–1950, Artifact no. 1969.1469, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1469.001/
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