CBS-Hytron type HY615 / VT235 VHF vacuum triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: CBS Hytron
label: maker
content: Hytron Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 5-pin plastic base with center post, two top contacts, and small glass envelope. Envelope stamped: “HY-615”. Donor’s card reads: “UHF triode made by CBS-Hytron for the US government during World War II. Used as a UHF Class A amplifier. Heater: 6.3 volts at .175 ampere. Plate 250 volts at 11 milliamps, negative control grid bias 6 volts. Plate and grid connections to the two cop caps.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_vt235.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Paul G. Watson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.324699
label: catalog number
content: 324699
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 3.175 cm