Western Electric type 242A transmitting triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1933
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 50 watt high-frequency transmitting triode with a 4-pin base, T-shaped envelope. Marked: "Western Electric / USA / 242A" and "321507". "A three-element tube used as an oscillator, radio-frequency amplifier, modulator or audio-frequency amplifier." Reference: https://www.westernelectric.com/s/242A.pdf.
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.322691
label: catalog number
content: 322691
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 5.715 cm