• DocumentCode
    1405830
  • Title

    Power equipment at KDKA´s new station

  • Author

    Davis, R. L.

  • Author_Institution
    Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass.
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1931
  • Firstpage
    865
  • Lastpage
    868
  • Abstract
    Power for the two new high-power radio transmitters housed in KDKA´s new quarters is obtained from a special 1,500-kva. outdoor substation. Included in the power equipment is a twelve-phase, 900-kw., 30-kv., mercury-cathode tube rectifier, the largest of its type yet built for radio.
  • Keywords
    Batteries; Electron tubes; Generators; Impedance; Rectifiers; Relays; Substations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1931.6429490
  • Filename
    6429490