Raytheon type RK-707-B UHF oscillator tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Raytheon Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with top contact, T-shaped envelope with neck, and two metal disc contacts set perpendicular to the tube axis. Stamped on base: “Raytheon / RK 707B”. Donor’s card reads: “UHF oscillator tube made by Raytheon Mfg. Co. for the US government during World War II. Developed for use about half of the S band frequencies (2000 to 4000 megacycles). Used with a resonant cavity output coupling. Heater type: 6.3 volts at .65 ampere. See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_rk707b.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.324791
label: catalog number
content: 324791
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 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 3.175 cm