RCA / General Electric type 12-A-6 / VT-134 beam power amplifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin base with plastic insulator and center post, metal T-shaped envelope. Stamped: “Made in U.S.A. / HIE / [RCA logo] / Made for / Canadian General / Electric Co. Ltd.” and "JAN-CRC-12A6 / SC 287 A". Donor’s card reads: “Beam power amplifier made by the General Electric Company for the US government. Metal type beam power amplifier tube used in the audio output of AC/DC radio receivers. Heater type: 12.6 volts at .15 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_12a6.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.325273
label: catalog number
content: 325273
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Object Name
content: electron tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 3.175 cm