RCA type 6L6GA beam power tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1946
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with center post, domed envelope. Donor card reads: "Beam power tube made by the Radio Corporation of America about 1946. The first revision and change of glass envelope in the 6-L-6-G [catalog number 324475]. Similar in size and somewhat improved in performance, this tube was widely used in the early years of high fidelity audio amplifiers." See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6l6ga.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.324476
label: catalog number
content: 324476
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: electron tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 4.445 cm