U.S. Army Signal Corps type BC-131 radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: c 1924
label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: National Electrical Supply Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: (Plate reads): Signal Corps, U.S. Army / Radio Receiver Type BC-131 / Range: 40-1000 Kilocycles / Order No. 131943 / Date: 9-3-24 / Serial No. 21 / Made by: National Electric / Supply Co., Washington, DC. Receiver is post World War I pattern of the SE 1420 Navy Type. Controls include antenna coupling, antenna inductance and associated condenser tuning, secondary inductance with variable condenser and a vernier. A shock mounted Cunningham 01-A tube is inserted behind the front panel. The D.C. Ammeter has a scale varying from -.5 to 1.5 volts. Allied Van Lines shipping label #8.
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.320690
label: catalog number
content: 320690
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: serial number
content: 21
label: serial number
content: 21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: receiver
label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 20 in x 9 in; 29.21 cm x 50.8 cm x 22.86 cm