RCA Radiotron type 6L6 "Radiotron" beam power tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1936
name: label: Maker
content: Western Union Corporation
label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with cylindrical metal shell. Stamped on shell: "RCA Radiotron" and "6L6”. Beam power tube made by the General Electric Company in the early 1930s. Metal type designed for use in the output stage of audio equipment. Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6l6.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 Western Union Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.333223
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 333223
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tube, Electron
label: Object Name
content: electron tube
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm