Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SHARP CUTOFF/RF AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0654.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RADIO VALVE CO. OF CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- UX222
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- TUBE: GLASS; METAL, SYNTHETIC/ CARTON: CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.5 cm
- Width
- 4.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Receiving
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RADIO VALVE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1930'S
- Canada
-
MADE & PROBABLY USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED AS A SCREEN GRID RADIO FRQUENCY AMPLIFIER FOR RADIO RECEIVERS. USED IN CIRCUITS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO MAKE USE OF ITS HIGH VOLTAGE AMPLIFICATION AND LOW FEEDBACK CAPACITY BETWEEN PLATE AND CONTROL GRID. (REF.2) - Technical
-
LAST-TUBE DESIGNED FOR DC FILAMENT OPERATION BY G.E. ENGINEERS DURING THE PERIOD 1921-1930. REDUCES THE ELECTROSTATIC CAPCITANCE OF THE TUBE WITH THE USE OF A SCREEN (REF.1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TUBE: ON GLASS: 'RADIOTRONUX228/ RVC'/ MOLDED IN BASE BOTTOM: 'LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT INDICATED ON CARTON'/ CARTON: PRINTING INCLUDES: 'RVC/ RADIOTRON/ MODEL/ UX-222/ SCREEN GRID/ RADIO FREQUENCY/ AMPLIFIER/.../ MANUFACTURED BY/ THE RADIO VALVE CO./ OF CANADA, LIMITED/ TORONTO CANADA'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TUBE: UNCOLOURED GLASS, BLACK SHELL/ CARTON: BEIGE WITH RED PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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RADIO VALVE CO. OF CANADA LTD., Vacuum tube, circa 1929, Artifact no. 1966.0654, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1966.0654.001/
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