Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TR SWITCH/X BAND/TUNABLE/MARINE
- DATE
- 1978
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0622.001
- MANUFACTURER
- English Electric Valve Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- B5466
- LOCATION
- Chelmsford, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.5 cm
- Width
- 4.2 cm
- Height
- 2.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Radar
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- English Electric
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Chelmsford
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1960'S TO 1980'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A SWITCH IN A RADAR DUPLEXER TO ISOLATE THE TRANSMITTER FROM THE RECEIVER. WHEN THE TRANSMITTER EMITS A PULSE, THE TR SWITCH BREAKS THE CONNECTION WITH THE RECEIVER & AFTER THE PULSE LEAVES IT RECONNECTS THE RECEIVER SO THE ECHO CAN BE RECEIVED - Technical
-
THIS TUBE CAN BE TUNED TO ACT ON A PARTICULAR FREQUENCY. DEVELOPED FOR USE IN MARINE RADAR - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON TUBE: 'ENGLISH/ ELECTRIC/ VALVE/ CO LTD/ EE [LOGO]/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ TYPE B5466/ SERIAL/ 7845/ A4'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK TUBE WITH RED TOP
- Decoration
- N/A
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