Western Electric type 242A transmitting triode
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin metal base with T-shaped envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Triode made by Western Electric Company. Designed for use as a radio frequency amplifier, oscillator, audio amplifier, or modulator. Capable of operation at full power up to 6 megacycles. Thoriated tungsten filament: 10 volts at 3.25 amperes. Class C radio frequency operation: 1250 volts at 150 milliamperes on the plate, for an output of 100 watts.” See also: https://www.westernelectric.com/s/242A.pdf.
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.324693
label: catalog number
content: 324693
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube,Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube,Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 19.685 cm x 5.715 cm