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 triode. Plastic bayonet base with 4 pins, tipped G-shaped glass envelope marked "B375" in red. Base stamped 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.320922
label: catalog number
content: 320922
label: accession number
content: 241556
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 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 6.0325 cm