RCA type 6-S-7-G “Radiotron” remote cutoff pentode
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with center post, top contact, domed envelope. Base stamped: “RCA / Radiotron / Electron / Tube / [logo]”, envelope: “6S7 / G”. Donor’s card reads: “Remote cutoff pentode made by the Radio Corporation of America. Glass octal type used in the radio frequency or intermediate frequency stages of automobile radio receivers employing AVC. Heater: 6.3 volts at .15 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6s7g.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.325171
label: catalog number
content: 325171
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: 4 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 3.81 cm