Western Electric Broadcast Equipment

   Radio transmitting and studio equipment

Western Electric was the division of AT&T which designed and manufactured most of the phone giant's equipment. Among Western Electric's products was broadcast equipment. Here is a selection of manuals, catalogs and sales literature
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Credits
Much of this collection was provided by Stanley Adams, a writer and collector of communication historical information going back to the discovery of the triode tube by DeForest and the use by AT&T, GE, Westinghouse and Edwin Armstrong.
 
1920's & 1930's
1923 101A Transmitter WWJ Detroit test results
  WE Catalog of Radio Telephone Broadcasting Equipment
  104 5 kw transmitter - incomplete
  WE-104-B 5kw AM diagrams
  WE Technical Bulletin 670a
1926 106-A Transmitter Operations Manual
1930 6 B transmitter
  618-A Microphone
1931 9 AM Speech Input Brochure
  Moving Coil Microphone
  105-C Transmitter Booklet
1933 Speech Input Equipment
  81-A Amplifier Manual
  Vacuum Tubes for Amateur Radio
1934 8-A Plate Rectifier
82-A Amplifier
  81-A Amplifier Brochure
  Speech Input Equipment
1935 272-A Line Panel
  WE 88-193 Amplifier
  268-A Wire Panel
  260-A Telephone Panel
  754 Volume Indicator
1936 23-A Line EQ
  292-A Attenuator
  23-A Line
  269-A Attenuator Panel
  270-A Output Switching
  23A Radio Transmitter preliminary manual
1937 630-A Microphone
  Western-Electric-6071-RF-Amplifier
  110-A Program Amplifier
  WE-310 100 & 250 Watt Transmitter Manual
1938 Western Electric 705A Speech Input Bay Brochure
  705 Speech Input Bay Manual
  106A Line Amplifier Brochure
  106A Line Amplifier Brochure #2
  WE-104B-Mixing-Preamp
  WE-105A-program-amplifier
  WE-106A-line-amplifier
  The Story of Western Electric
1939 Western Electric 443A 1 kw AM
  443-A 1kw AM transmitter Brochure
  405-B1 5kw AM Transmitter Brochure
No Date Notes on the WE 1-B Transmitter at KTHS in Hot Springs, Arkansas
  Interview with Phillip Smith, engineer, developer of the Smith Chart of Complex Impedance
1940's - 1950's
40's 5-A FM monitor
1940 407A 50 kw transmitter
  124-E Monitor Amplifier
  WE-18A-19A-Auto-transformers
  WE-172A-153A-repeating-coils
  WE-632A-microphone
  WE-633A-microphone
  WE-639A-microphone-accessories
1941 450A and 451A 250 watt and 100 watt transmitter
  WE-753A-Loud-Speaking-Telephone
  WE-753B-Loud-Speaking-Telephone
  WE-753C-Loud-Speaking-Telephone
  WE-120B-line-amplifier
1942 Western Electric Doherty Brochure
  Western Electric Doherty Brochure
1944 Western Electric 504A 45 mHz FM
  Western Electric 25D Console Mixer
  Western Electric 504A 45 mHz FM
1945 Elements of Speech Input Systems
  WE-custom-built-desks
  131-A Monitor Amplifier
  117-A Amplifier
  WE-18A-rectifier
  WE-22D-portable-speech-input-equipment
  WE-23A-line-equalizer-and-279A-equalizer-panel
  WE-23C-console
  WE-25A-console
  WE-129A-amplifier Brochure
  WE-124G-monitor-and-audition-amp
  WE-124A-monitor-amp
  WE-121A-line-amplifier
  WE-129A-pre-mixing-amplifier
  WE-130A-twin-channel-amplifier
  WE-131A-monitor-amp
  WE-132A-amplifier
  WE-260A-telephone-panel
  WE-268A-order-wire-panel
  WE-639A-microphone
  WE-270A-output-switching-panel
  WE-271A-output-switching-panel
  WE-639B-microphone
  WE-272A-program-line-panel
  WE-750A-751B-Loud-Speaking-Telephone
  WE-1126A-amplifier
  WE-volume-indicating-equipment
  WE-Sound Reproduction
  WE 903 Console
1946 Western Electric 25D Console Mixer
  Tubes for Radio
  Audio Facilities
  Electronic Tubes
1947 25D Console
  503-B FM with articles
  25D Brochure
  129-A Amplifier
  WE-124E-monitor-amp
  130-B Amplifier
  131-A Amplifier
  142-A Public Address Amp Schematic
20B Rectifier
  132-B Main Amplifier
  1126C Program Level Governing Amplifier
  WE Custom-Built Consoles catalog
1948 120B and 120C Amplifiers
  106-A Line Amplifier
1949 22-E Speech Input Equipment
50's The Story of Western Electric
1958 Transformers
1963 Western Electric Transistors & Diodes Guide
  AT&T Western Electric Tubes
1964 Western Electric & Bell System book "A Survey of Service"