Canadian Westinghouse type 1625 “Radiotron” beam power tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin plastic base with top contact, domed envelope. Stamped: “Westinghouse / of / Canada / Westinghouse / Radiotron”. Donor’s card reads: “Beam power tube made by the Canadian Westinghouse for the Canadian government during World War II. Similar to the type 807 [catalog number 324465], except that the 1626 has as 12/6 volt heater instead of the 6.3 volt heater in the 807. May be used at full input up to 60 megacycles. May be used as an audio frequency amplifier or modulator, or as a radio frequency amplifier and oscillator. As much as 44 watts can be obtained from this tube in Class C radio frequency operation.”
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.324979
label: catalog number
content: 324979
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: 5 3/4 in x 2 in; 14.605 cm x 5.08 cm