U.S. Army Signal Corps model BC-118-A radio RF-AF amplifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
name: label: maker
content: United States Army, Signal Corps, Frankford Arsenal
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: nameplate: "Signal Corp U.S. Army Radio-Audio Frequency / Amplifier Type BC 118-A / Range: 10-2400 Kilocycles / Order No. PR16827 / Aug. 8, 1924 / Serial No. 56. / Made by Frankford Arsenal / 1925 JOM Phila. Penna." Unit appears to use six UV-199 type triode tubes. Panel markings are badly corroded. Controls include filament rheostat, four-step frequency selector, stabilizer, and audio-(radio audio) switch. Binding posts for tickler, input, filament and plate batteries and telephones.
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.320720
label: catalog number
content: 320720
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 4 5/8 in x 9 1/8 in; 19.05 cm x 11.7475 cm x 23.1775 cm