RCA type 6B7 "Radiotron" twin diode - remote cutoff pentode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1935
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with top contact, domed envelope, mesh grid. Stamped on base: "RCA / Radiotron"; on envelope: "6B7". Donor’s card reads: “Twin diode – remote cutoff pentode made by the Radio Corporation of America. Used in radio receivers as a combined detector, amplifier and AVC tube. Heater type, 6.3 volts at .3 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6b7.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.324600
label: catalog number
content: 324600
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: diode
label: Object Name
content: pentode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.7475 cm x 3.81 cm