Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TR SWITCH/X BAND
- DATE
- 1986
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0638.001
- MANUFACTURER
- English Electric Valve Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- BS914
- LOCATION
- Chelmsford, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 16187
- 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
- 4.0 cm
- Width
- 4.1 cm
- Height
- 5.2 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
- Unknown
- 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 IT CAN RECEIVE THE PULSE ECHO - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL READS: 'ENGLISH ELECTRIC VALVE CO LTD/ TYPE BS914/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ EE [LOGO]'/ ENGRAVED ON INSIDE FLANGE: '16187'/ STAMPED ON SIDE: '8710'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PLATED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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English Electric Valve Co. Ltd., Vacuum tube, after 1986, Artifact no. 1995.0638, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0638.001/
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