Historic Electronics Museum

Historic Electronics Museum Photos of the Historic Electronics Museum in Linthicum, Maryland were made Thursday, May 24, 2007. When I (KE3Y) and a friend -- another ham, AG3Y -- visited, we were practically the only people at the museum, and we conducted ourselves around the displays. Westinghouse Defense and Electronics Systems Center in Baltimore gave the museum its start and supported it. Corporate support was continued by Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems after it purchased Westinghouse Defense and Electronics Systems Center in 1996. The museum pays homage to Westinghouse, a Baltimore fixture for decades, and to defense electronics, concentrating on radar and ECM. There is little non-defense or non-warfare electronics on display. The first microwave oven comes to mind. The museum promotes ham radio. They have a well-equipped ham radio station in a central location in the museum. They also have an engineering library. The volunteer staff is very helpful and may even tell you some entertaining "war stories." - Travis Hardin
Radar antenna outside the building	Radar antenna showing construction	Historical slide rules
Historical slide rules	The 1881 Thacher slide rule	The 1881 Thacher slide rule
	1881 Thacher slide rule detail	1924 RCA Radiola receiver
1924 RCA Radiola receiver	1924 RCA Radiola superheterodyne receiver	1924 RCA Radiola superheterodyne receiver
1924 RCA Radiola superheterodyne receiver	1924 RCA Radiola speaker	1924 RCA Radiola speaker
1924 RCA Radiola speaker		BC-312D Radio Receiver
BC-312D Radio Receiver	A WWII transmitter	BC-342N radio receiver
BC-610H radio receiver with BC-939-B Antenna Tuning Unit	R-388/URR radio receiver	Kenwood transceiver
Hallicrafters model SR-150	Hallicrafters FPM-300	803 vacuum tube
803 vacuum tubes in a transmitter	TBL-13 Navy Communications Transmitter	TBL-13 Navy Communications Transmitter
The well-equipped ham radio station at the museum
		Paragon RA-10 radio receiver, 1920
Paragon RA-10 radio receiver, 1920	Paragon RA-10 radio receiver, 1920	Paragon RA-10 radio receiver, 1920
Paragon RA-10 radio receiver, 1920	Westinghouse Detector Amplifier Type DA
Scott model 6T11 Television, 1948	Scott model 6T11 Television, 1948	Scott model 6T11 Television, 1948
Telegraph keys	Instructograph	Instructograph
Receiver-transmitter, unknown	Receiver-Transmitter, unknown	Receiver-transmitter, unknown
Receiver-transmitter, unknown	Westinghouse JAN-530 transmitting tube	BC-404-A Radio Receiver
BC-404-A Radio Receiver	Operating communications gear, WW II	Operating communications gear, WW II
9 cm Microwave Tube	AN/APS-4 radar system, 1942	AN/APS-4 radar system, 1942
	1956 Microwave Oven	1956 Microwave Oven
1956 Microwave Oven	Library display	Library display
Hallicrafters S-27 Radio Receiver	Hallicrafters S-27 "UHF" Radio Receiver
RBW-2 Panoramic Radio Adaptor	RBW-2 Panoramic Radio Adaptor


		APQ-120 Radar
Museum volunteer and board member	Evolution of Bendix Radio	1969-1970 Television Academy Award
One frame from the moon, 1969.	A compact color TV camera for space	Jacobs Ladder transmission by AG3Y