Western Electric type 723-A/B klystron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 5-pin plastic base with center post, metal T-shaped envelope, side post and strap. Stamped: “Western Electric / Made in U.S.A. / 723 A/B / 80961”. Donor’s card reads: “Klystron made by the Western Electric Company for the US government during World War II. A velocity variation oscillator used in a weather-type radar transmitter. Heater: 6.3 volts at .44 amperes. Resonator voltage 350, current 35 milliamps, frequency range from 2700 to 2960 megacycles. Output 100 milliwatts. See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_723ab.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.325038
label: catalog number
content: 325038
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: klystron
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 in; 9.525 cm x 3.81 cm x 2.54 cm