RCA type 6-BE-6 pentagrid converter
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A glass 7-pin base with T-shaped envelope, tip on top. Donor’s card reads: “Pentagrid converter made by the Radio Corporation of America. Glass lock-in type. Used as a converter in superheterodyne radio receivers for both AM and FM reception. Similar in performance to the metal type 6-SA-7 [catalog number 324566]. Heater type: 6.3 volts at .3 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6be6.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.325234
label: catalog number
content: 325234
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 in x 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 1.905 cm