Western Electric type 102F triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Western Electric type 102F vacuum tube. Plastic bayonet base with 4 pins, tipless BT-shaped glass envelope stamped on top with maker and type. Filamentary voltage amplifier triode, intended for use in frequency repeaters and carrier frequency telephone equipment. Also used as a detector. Eff = 2.1 volts; If = 0.5 amperes. Ep = 130-140 volts; Ip = 0.5-1.8 milliamps. Mu = 30. Rp = 44000 - 60000 ohms.
label: Description (Brief)
content: "The No. 102F Tube is a three element filamentary type vacuum tube primarily intended for use as a voltage amplifier. It may also be used as a modulator, detector, or in volume indicator circuits." Reference: WE 102F data sheet: https://www.westernelectric.com/s/102F.pdf
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.321057
label: catalog number
content: 321057
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Other Terms
content: triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 4.445 cm