RCA type 837 beam power tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with top contact, domed envelope. Marked: "RCA" on base, and "837" on envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Beam power tube made by the Radio Corporation of America for the US government during World War II. Used as a radio frequency power amplifier and oscillator up to 20 megacycles. Heater type: 12.7 volts at .7 ampere. Class C operation: 500 volts on the plate, 200 volts on the screen and suppressor, and 200 volts negative control grid bias for an output of about 15 watts.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_837.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.324787
label: catalog number
content: 324787
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electron tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 2 in; 14.605 cm x 5.08 cm