Tung-Sol type 6-BE-6 pentagrid converter
name: label: maker
content: Tung-Sol
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin glass base with tipped T-shaped envelope. Miniature tube. Stamped: "6BE6”. Donor’s card reads: “Pentagrid converter made by Tung-Sol Electric Company. Used as a converter in superheterodyne type receivers in both standard broadcast and the FM bands. Heater type: 6.3 volts. Typical operation, 100 volts on the screen and plate, 1.5 volt negative control grid bias.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6be6.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.324865
label: catalog number
content: 324865
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Object Name
content: heptode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 1.5875 cm