General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ METAL/ PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

8.0 cm

Height

12.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

OHMITE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY 1940'S

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED TO MEASURE RADIO FREQUENCY POWER OUTPUT. ALSO USED TO DETERMINE TRANSMISSION LINE LOSSES; TO CHECK THE IMPEDANCE MATCH BETWEEN TRANSMISSION LINE AND ANTENNA; AND TO TUNE UP RADIOS TO PEAK EFFICIENCY EASILY AND ACCURATELY (REF.1)

Technical

THIS RESISTOR DESIGN MAKES POSSIBLE A COMBINATION OF CONSTANT R.F. RESISTANCE, LOW INDUCTANCE, HIGH WATTAGE DISSIPATION AND COMPACTNESS (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RESISTOR: ON LABEL: 'Made in/ OHMITE/ DUMMY ANTENNA/ RESISTOR/ Pat. Pend./ MODEL D-100/ OHMS 600/ WATTS 100/OHMITE MFG. CO. CHICAGO/ United States of America'/ ON GLASS: 'OHMITE MFG. CO./ DUMMY/ ANTENNA/ PAT. PEND./ CHICAGO/ MAX. AMPS. 0.409/ OHMS 600'/ CARTON: ON LABEL: 'OHMITE/ REG. U.S. PATENT OFFICE/ Vacuum Tube Type/ DUMMY ANTENNA/ RESISTOR/ MODEL D-100/ OHMS 600/ WATTS 100/ OHMITE MANUFACTURING CO./ 4835 W. FLOURNOY STREET CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A./ MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'

Missing

N/A

Finish

RESISTOR: UNCOLOURED GLASS/ WHITE BASE WITH YELLOW & RED AFFIXED LABEL/ CARTON: BEIGE BOX WITH YELLOW & RED AFFIXED LABEL

Decoration

N/A