General Radio model 358 wave meter
date: label: date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: General Radio Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: General Radio model 358 wave meter. Marked: "General Radio". Unit consists of a variable capacitor and plug-in coil mechanism, whereby a parallel tank circuit will, when tuned to the transmitter frequency, illuminate a lamp on the panel. Four coils are supplied with the unit and the following ranges are indicated: Coil A = 14-28 meters; Coil B = 26-56 meters; Coil C = 54-114 meters; Coil D = 105-220 meters. Condenser capacity is 125 mmf. Reference: General Radio Co. Catalog E, 1928, pages 78-79.
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.321089
label: catalog number
content: 321089
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wave meter
label: Object Name
content: wavemeter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 7 in; 13.335 cm x 29.21 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: meter only: 4 in x 4 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 11.43 cm