General Electric type VT191 (GL316A) "doorknob" tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1946
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin oval glass envelope, tip on top. Stamped: “[GE logo] VT-191 Made in / U.S.A. / 19A3 / SC / 1360-P”; on bottom: "5253DK". Ultra high frequency power triode intended for use as an oscillator and power amplifier up to 750 MHz. Military version of the 316A transmitting triode. Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_316a.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.323238
label: catalog number
content: 323238
label: accession number
content: 250988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (wrapping material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 5.715 cm