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Description
Photograph labeled "Early radio station," found framed in Harold Elliott's collection. A landline telephone is mounted on the wall, with a large clock to the right. A door leads outside to the left of the window. An antenna cable can be seen leading out of the wall to the left of the window. Appears to be a high-power amplifier and transmitter, using either RCA UV 204a or Federal 128 vacuum tubes. This photograph also exists in the Perham History Files photographs, with Douglas Perham's caption: "WVY Early High Frequency Transmitter built by Heintz & Kaufman of San Francisco, 1923. 500 Watt, self-rectifying, TPTG. 500 Cycle Plate Supply. 1923 Presidio, San Francisco."
Type
Image
Format
Black & White
Identifier
B54D11D6-C802-4D7F-858A-186123432829 2003-36-148t
Subject
Radio--Equipment and supplies and supplies (LCSH) Radio stations (LCSH) Radio Corporation of America--Products--1920-1930 (LCSH) Vacuum-tubes (LCSH) Amplifiers, Vacuum-tube (LCSH) Radio--Transmitters and transmission (LCSH) Heintz and Kaufman Presidio of San Francisco (San Francisco, Calif.)
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