Western Electric type 701-A tetrode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A glass 3-pin base with top contact, T-shaped envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Tetrode made by the Western Electric Company for the US government during World War II. A heater type pulse amplifier for radar and similar applications. Heater: 8 volts at 7.5 amperes. plate voltage 12000, screen voltage 1200, average plate current 80 milliamps, peak plate current 10 amperes.”
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.324961
label: catalog number
content: 324961
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: tetrode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 9.525 cm