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Title
Ralph Heintz 500-watt transmitter
Date Created and/or Issued
1925/ /
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Featured on page 81 of Morgan's "Electronics in the West" with this caption: "This 500-watt transmitter, designed in 1925 by Ralph M. Heintz for M. R. Kellum's yacht, Kaimiloa, was one of the first mobile short-wave radios to be installed on a ship in the Pacific. There were no shoreside commercial short-wave stations."
Type
Image
Format
Black & White
Identifier
9550CF22-BE95-490E-BFE4-843426556679
2003-35-399
Subject
Ships--Electronic equipment (LCSH)
Radio--Installation on ships (LCSH)
Radio--Transmitters and transmission (LCSH)
Shortwave radio (LCSH)
Heintz, Ralph M., Sr

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