RCA type 6A7 "Radiotron" pentagrid converter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1938
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with top contact, domed envelope, aquadag internal coating. Stamped on base: "RCA / Radiotron"; on envelope: "6A7". Donor’s card reads: “Pentagrid converter, glass type, made by the Radio Corporation of America for use in superheterodyne receiver circuits. Heater type, 6.3 volts at .3 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6a7.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.324599
label: catalog number
content: 324599
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: heptode
label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 3.81 cm