U.S. Army Signal Corps type SE 1420-C radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1923
name: label: maker
content: United States Army. Signal Corps. Frankford Arsenal
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Type SE 1420-C / Medium Wave Receiver / Range 40-1000 Kilocycles / Made for Signal Corps, USA / by Frankford Arsenal, 1923 / G.A.W. / Serial No. 81". This is a later version of WWI 1420 series designed for Navy use. Controls include antenna coupling, antenna inductance, tickler, antenna and secondary condensers, filament rheostat and three position switch provision for cutting in crystal, R.F. amplifier, or internal audion circuit. Frequency range is calibrated in six sections from 40-1000 cycles. UV201 tube is utilized as regenerative detector. Tube is mounted in shock resistant base behind front panel hinged door. REF: (For earlier 1920 model) (Clark Collection (Bound Vol.)) Class 46 Book 3. SRM 46-367.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.320697
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 320697
label: serial number
content: 81
objectType: label: Object Name
content: receiver
label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 20 in x 9 in; 28.575 cm x 50.8 cm x 22.86 cm