Sylvania type 1N5GT sharp cutoff pentode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Sylvania Electric Products Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin metal base with plastic insulator and center post, top contact, T-shaped envelope. Stamped: “Sylvania / Made in U.S.A.” Donor’s card reads: “Sharp cutoff pentode made by the Sylvania Corporation. Glass octal type used as an intermediate frequency or radio frequency amplifier in battery-operated radio receivers. Used as a Class A amplifier with 90 volts on the plate, and zero negative control grid bias. Filament type: 1.4 volts at .05 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_1n5gt.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.325259
label: catalog number
content: 325259
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: 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm