Tung-Sol type 3-BY-6 pentagrid amplifier
name: label: maker
content: Tung-Sol
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin glass base with tipped T-shaped envelope. Miniature tube. Stamped: "3BY6”. Donor’s card reads: “Pentagrid amplifier made by Tung-Sol Electric Company. Used as a gated amplifier in television receivers employing series connected heater strings. May also be used as a sync separator and sync clipper. Heater type: 3.15 volts at .6 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_3by6.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.324930
label: catalog number
content: 324930
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Object Name
content: heptode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 5/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 1.5875 cm