Western Electric type 316A "doorknob" tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
label: associated date
content: 1937
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin oval glass envelope, tip on top. Stamped: “Western Electric / Made in U.S.A. / 316A”; inked on bottom: "A56643". Ultra high frequency power triode intended for use as an oscillator and power amplifier up to 750 MHz. Introduced in 1936. Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_316a.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 Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320970
label: catalog number
content: 320970
label: accession number
content: 241556
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 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 5.715 cm