General Electric model HM226-7A console television receiver
date: label: Date made
content: 1941
label: associated date
content: 1940
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pre-WWII electronic television receiver designed for FCC standards of June 1941. Five channel tuning from 50-90 megacycle with standard 6 mc. channel bandwidth. Radio receiver section covers standard broadcast band and shortwave bands from 2.1-6.5 mc and 6.25-22.5 mc. A 12-inch picture tube is a GE type MW-31-3 with magnetic deflection. Design features include iron-core Intermediate Frequency tuning, automatic contrast control, automatic brightness control, automatic tone compensation and automatic voltage control. Television video I.F. is 12.75 mc; audio I.F. is 8.25 mc. and is taken off through the suppressor of the 1st video I.F. tube. Video restored to operating condition.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Ethel DuMont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.327731
label: catalog number
content: 327731
label: accession number
content: 270106
label: model number
content: HM-226-7A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Receiver
label: Object Name
content: television receiver
label: Other Terms
content: Receiver; Television
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 55 in x 40 in x 31 in; 139.7 cm x 101.6 cm x 78.74 cm