Western Electric type CW388A “doorknob” triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 3-pin glass base with two leads and tip on top. Donor’s card reads: “Triode made by the Western Electric Company for the US government during World War II. A transmitting tube with a carbon anode for use in radar equipment. Thoriated tungsten filament 2 volts at 3.6 amperes. Plate voltage about 400 will give an average output of 5 watts in the UHF range.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_388a.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Paul G. Watson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.325206
label: catalog number
content: 325206
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm