RCA / Cunningam type 6F6 “Radiotron” power pentode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1935
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with top contact, metal T-shaped envelope. Stamped on envelope: "Radiotron / Made in U.S.A. / Cunningham / 6F6". Donor’s card reads: “Power pentode made by the Radio Corporation of America for use in the output stage of AC operated radio receivers. This tube is capable of a rather large power output with a relatively small input voltage. Metal case, heater type, 6.3 volts at .7 ampere. Output is about 4.5 watts. This tube is electrically interchangeable with [catalog number 324591].”
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.324564
label: catalog number
content: 324564
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: pentode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 3.175 cm