RCA / CBS type 6C5GT “Radiotron” medium-Mu triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin metal base with plastic insulator and center post, T-shaped envelope. Stamped: “6C5 / GT / RCA Radiotron / Electron / Tube”. Donor’s card reads: “Medium-Mu triode made by the Radio Corporation of America. Glass octal type used as an audio frequency amplifier, oscillator, detectors of grid-resistor-and-capacitance type, and as grid biased detectors. Similar to and interchangeable with the metal type 6-C-5 tube [catalog number 324567]. Heater type: 6.3 volts at .3 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6c5gt.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.325265
label: catalog number
content: 325265
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: 3 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 3.175 cm