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Title: 5J29 split-anode, water-cooled magnetron
Creator: General Electric Co. (Bridgeport, Conn.)
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: "15944" etched on outside glass. "CONFIDENTIAL" and "19E5" on glass. The 5J29 was used by the U.S. Navy during World War II in radar jammers against the Japanese navy. See https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_5j29.html for more information.
Type: image
Identifier: 27770894-BD17-4E48-8270-458317492098
2003-1-854
Subject: Vacuum-tubes
United States. Navy
Communications, Military
Magnetrons
Radar
World War, 1939-1945
General Electric Company

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