First fog landing beam receiving set
date: label: date made
content: 1929-11-12
name: label: associated user
content: unknown
label: associated institution
content: Bureau of Standards
label: maker
content: Dunmore, Francis W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 2-tube receiver mounted on board, includes two disjoint antenna that insert into the plastic horns on either side of the housing. NBS #X29, #133 on tag. A wooden base with a plastic housing that has plastic horns mounted on either side. Two clip connectors are below one horn, one is below the other, and one connector is on the front of the housing. Two General Radio type 285 transformers (1:27 ratio) are on the base with two RCA type UX-112-A tubes, a variable resistance, and six copper connecting clips. A paper tag on one wire reads "+45", a tag on another wire reads: -1.5Bige[?], an unattached tag reads "135". "1 RE" is written in ink on the base. There's a hinge mortise on the edge of the base. The antennas are brass tubes .25" diameter that slip into the horns on the housing. Both have strings wrapped around the ends, and one has a threaded adjustable rod in one end.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.313622
label: catalog number
content: 313622
label: accession number
content: 188571
label: collector/donor number
content: X29
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
label: Object Name
content: Receiver
label: Other Terms
content: Receiver; Radio
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: with antennas installed: 6 1/4 in x 65 in x 9 3/4 in; 15.875 cm x 165.1 cm x 24.765 cm
label: Measurements
content: w/o antennas: 6 1/4 in x 17 in x 9 3/4 in; 15.875 cm x 43.18 cm x 24.765 cm