Amplifier
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- OBJECT TYPE
- KLYSTRON
- DATE
- 1960–1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0675.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Varian Associates
- MODEL
- VA-884B
- LOCATION
- Palo Alto, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 21
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL, COPPER, ALUMINUM
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.5 cm
- Width
- 18.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- VARIAN
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Palo Alto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
FROM MILL VILLAGE, CANADA'S FIRST EARTH SATELLITE STATION - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
THIS VARIETY OF "TUBE" REPLACE CONVENTIONAL VACUUM TUBES WHEN AT EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCIES "THE CONVENTIONAL VACUUM TUBES BECOME USELESS BECAUSE OF LEAD AND ELECTRODE INDUCTANCE AND CAPACITANCE, AND TRANSIT-TIME EFFECT,..." (VAN NOSTRAND). THE KLYSTRON AMPLIFIER IS A RADICALLY DIFFERENT SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED RED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Varian Associates, Amplifier, circa 1960–1975, Artifact no. 1978.0675, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0675.001/
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