RCA type 3Q5GT beam power tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A plastic 6-pin base with center post, T-shaped envelope. Base stamped: “Radiotron / Electron / Tube / [RCA logo]”. Donor’s card reads: “Beam power tube made by the Radio Corporation of America. Glass octal type used in the output stage of AC/DC portable radio receivers. Filament type: 2.8 volts at .05 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_3q5gt.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.324665
label: catalog number
content: 324665
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electron tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 3.175 cm