Tung-Sol type W368AS “doorknob” triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
label: maker
content: Tung-Sol
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with oval glass envelope, one pin on top. Stamped: “W-368AS / Made in U.S.A. / Tung-Sol”. Donor’s card reads: “Triode made by Western Electric for the US government during World War II. A single ended filamentary, radiation cooled, negative grid triode intended for converter, amplifier, and oscillator applications below 1000 megacycles. Filament: 1.15 volts at 4.5 amperes. Maximum plate dissipation 20 watts. Output as an oscillator at 1000 megacycles is 2.5 watts.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_703a.html, and https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_368as.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.324776
label: catalog number
content: 324776
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 in x 2 in; 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm