United Electronics type 805 triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: United Electronics Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A metal 4-pin base with top contact, T-shaped envelope. Base stamped: “JAN / CUE-805 / Made in U.S.A.” Donor’s card reads: “Triode made by United Electronics Co., of Newark, N.J. for the US government during World War II. Used as an audio frequency amplifier or modulator, and as a radio frequency amplifier or oscillator up to 30 megacycles. Filament: 10 volts at 3.25 amperes. As a Class B audio amplifier with 1500 volts on the plate, 16 volts negative control grid bias, this tube can deliver an output of 350 watts of audio power.”
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.324965
label: catalog number
content: 324965
label: accession number
content: 252994
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: 8 in x 2 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 5.715 cm