PULSE GAP
Date1941
Inventory NumberVT1187
ClassificationVacuum Tube
Maker
Western Electric Company
1869 - 1995
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions9.6 × 2.8 × 2.8 cm (3 3/4 × 1 1/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
Description"HYDROGEN-ARGON FILLED ""WHEATLAND COLLECTION""" Contains Radium
FunctionSpark-gap modulator tube used in Navy radars. Second-sourced by Raytheon
Air Reduction Company Inc.
Date: circa 1912
Accessories: instruction sheet in file
Object number: RS0719
Cutting and Washington Radio Corporation
Date: 1915-1916
Object number: RS0363
