General Electric type 6BH6 sharp cutoff pentode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1948
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin glass base with tipped T-shaped envelope. Miniature tube. Stamped: "6BH6 / C5 / [GE logo]”. Donor’s card reads: “Sharp cutoff pentode made by General Electric Company. Used as a radio frequency amplifier in AC/DC radio receivers where low heater current drain is important. For use in high frequency, wide band applications. Heater type: 6.3 volts at .15 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6bh6.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.324849
label: catalog number
content: 324849
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: pentode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 1.5875 cm