Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RF POWER AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0721.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA Mfg. Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- 804
- LOCATION
- Camden, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 3209
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ CERAMIC/ PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.5 cm
- Width
- 5.1 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
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Camden
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A RF AMPLIFIER, FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER, OSCILLATOR, AND SUPPRESSOR-, GRID-, OR PLATE MODULATED AMPLIFIER - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON BASE: 'RCA [LOGO] Radiotron/ LICENSED/ AS STATED/ ON CARTON'/ ON GLASS: 'MADE IN/ 804/ U.S.A.'/ HANDWRITTEN ON INTERIOR METAL SUPPORT: '3209'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: '804/ RCA/ RADIO TUBE/ RADIOTRON/ GIVES BETTER PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD/ GUARANTEED/ RCA MANUFACTURING CO., INC./CAMDEN, N.J., U.S.A./ MADE IN U.S.A./ LONG LIFE/ RECOMMENDED FOR/ RADIO AMATEURS/ POLICE TRANSMITTERS/ AVIATION EQUIPMENT/ BROADCASTING STATIONS/ COMMUNICATION SERVICES/ LICENSE NOTICE.../ U.S. PATENTS 1,423,956... 2,115,934'/ LABEL: 'DISTIBUTED IN CANADA/ BY/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., LTD.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WHITE BASE WITH BLACK PRINTING/ UNCOLOURED GLASS/ MULTICOLOURED BOX
- Decoration
- MAP OF WORLD PRINTED ON BOX IN BRIGHT COLOURS
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RCA Mfg. Co. Inc., Vacuum tube, circa 1938, Artifact no. 1982.0721, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0721.001/
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