Amrad type 2834 send-receive switch for radio antennas
date: label: date made
content: ca 1923
name: label: maker
content: American Radio & Research Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A metal frame on which is mounted a single throw switch that pivots between two contacts. An Electrose beehive type insulator (7 ridges) is on top with two binding posts. Braided aluminum ribbon conductors. Plate reads: "Amrad Send & Receive Switch 2834 / American Radio & Research Corporation / Medford Hillside, Mass." Original price: $10.00. Reference: QST 6, no. 6 (January 1923): back cover.
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.325492
label: catalog number
content: 325492
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Switch, Antenna
label: Object Name
content: radio switch
label: Object Name
content: antenna switch
label: Object Name
content: switch
label: Other Terms
content: Switch, Antenna; Components; Radio and Television; Radio and Television
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 2 in x 2 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.715 cm