Western Electric type CW-730-A cavity magnetron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A glass cylinder with a 2-pin base, and a metal tube assembly on top. Stamped: "C 69865". Wave guide set near the top perpendicular to the axis of the tube. Donor’s card reads: “Cavity magnetron made by the Western Electric Company for the US government during World War II. Used in radar at a fixed frequency between 9345 and 9405 megacycles. Typical operation, output about 40 kw of pulsed power. Maximum ratings: 16000 volts on the anode, 16 amps anode current, .001 duty cycle, 180 watts input.”
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.325186
label: catalog number
content: 325186
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: magnetron
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 18.415 cm x 5.3975 cm x 7.9375 cm