Western Electric type 102F triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Donor card reads: "Triode made by Western Electric Company for use as a voltage amplifier for voice and carrier frequency telephone telephone repeater equipment. Oxide coated filament 2.1 volts at .5 ampere. 190 volts maximum on the plate. Also known as the type "V" telephone repeater tube."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Western Electric type 102F triode. Plastic bayonet base with 4 pins, tipped G-shaped glass envelopes. 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 Paul G. Watson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.324310
label: catalog number
content: 324310
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: 4 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 5.715 cm