Western Electric type 316A "doorknob" triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1942
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin oval glass envelope, tip on top. Stamped: “Western Electric / Made in U.S.A. / 316-A”. Introduced in 1936. Donor’s card reads: “Triode made by Western Electric for the US government during World War II. An ultra high frequency transmitting oscillator and amplifier for about 7.5 watts peak output at frequencies up to 750 megacycles. Thoriated tungsten filament: 2 volts at 3.65 amperes. Plate 450 volts at 80 milliamps. Amplification factor 6.5.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_316a.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.324780
label: catalog number
content: 324780
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: 2 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 6.0325 cm