Western Electric type 242A transmitting triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1933
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A transmitting triode with a 4-pin base, ceramic insulator, T-shaped envelope. Marked: "Western Electric / Made in U.S.A. / 242-A". "2 / Buffer" written on base. "A three-element tube used as an oscillator, radio-frequency amplifier, modulator or audio-frequency amplifier." Reference: 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 Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.322677
label: catalog number
content: 322677
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: model number
content: 242-A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: Radio tube, triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 19.685 cm x 5.715 cm