RCA type 8012 / VT228 triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
label: date made
content: ca 1944
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A glass cylinder with 2 braided leads emerging from the bottom, tip on top, and two pins on each side. Stamped on envelope: “JAN / 8012 / VT-228”. Donor’s card reads: “Triode made by the Radio Corporation of America for the US government during World War II. Transmitting type for the UHF range. Thoriated tungsten filament: 6.3 volts at 1.92 amperes. As a Class C amplifier with 1000 volts on the plate, 135 volt negative control grid bias, this tube will deliver 20 watts of radio frequency power.”
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.324960
label: catalog number
content: 324960
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: 3 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 in; 9.525 cm x 6.0325 cm x 2.54 cm