AALCO type 5 receiving loop antenna
date: label: date made
content: 1926
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked "AALCO Folding Loop / Made by AALCO Radio Lab. / Chicago / Reg. U.S. Pat. Office." Antenna was designed for neutrodyne or superheterodyne receivers employing indoor loop antennas. Construction is essentially a square at full extension with 14 strands of cotton covered wire forming the conducting linkage around the antenna. Three binding posts on the base provide connections to radio circuit. A round plate swivels the entire unit 360 degrees for best orientation. Unit appears to be a type 5 antenna.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.321147
label: catalog number
content: 321147
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: antenna
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/2 in x 27 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 72.39 cm x 69.85 cm x 19.05 cm