Westinghouse type 3A8GT diode-triode-pentode
name: label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An 8-pin plastic base with center post, top contact, T-shaped envelope. Stamped: “3A8 / GT / Made for / Westinghouse.” Donor’s card reads: “Diode-triode-pentode made by Westinghouse. Glass octal type used as a combination detector, audio frequency amplifier, and radio frequency amplifier in battery-operated radio receivers. Center tapped filament operated in parallel at 1.4 volts and .1 ampere, or operated in series at 2.8 volts and .05 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_3a8gt.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.325256
label: catalog number
content: 325256
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: diode, triode, pentode
label: Object Name
content: diode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Object Name
content: pentode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm