RCA type 806 triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1937
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A metal 4-pin base with top and side contacts, G-shaped envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Triode made by the Radio Corporation of America about 1937. Used as an audio frequency amplifier or modulator, and as a radio frequency amplifier or oscillator up to 30 megacycles. Filament: 5 volts at 9.5 amperes. As a Class C amplifier with 3000 volts on the plate, 1000 volts negative control grid bias, this tube can deliver an output of 900 watts of power. Plate operates at a bright orange color.”
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.324968
label: catalog number
content: 324968
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: 9 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 8.89 cm