RCA type 6AB7 / 1853 remote cutoff pentode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An 8-pin metal base with plastic insulator and center post, T-shaped envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Remote cutoff pentode made by the Radio Corporation of America for use in the radio frequency and intermediate frequency amplifier in television equipment, particularly that using automatic gain control. Heater type: 6.3 volts at .45 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6ab7.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.325106
label: catalog number
content: 325106
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pentode
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 13.6525 cm x 3.81 cm