Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PENTAGRID CONVERTER
- DATE
- 1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0254.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse
- MODEL
- 6SA7
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ SYNTHETIC BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.5 cm
- Width
- 3.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Receiving
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Westinghouse
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE USED FROM THE EARLY 1940'S THROUGH THE 1950'S
- Canada
-
PROBABLY USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED AS A COMBINATION OSCILLATOR, MIXER, AND FIRST DETECTOR IN A SUPERHETERODYNE RADIO RECEIVER - Technical
-
FIRST SINGLE-ENDED CONVERTER - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON SIDE: 'WESTINGHOUSE/ 6SA7/ RADIOTRON/ LICENSED BY THERMIONICS LTD./ PATENTED 1925-1942/ A9'/ STAMPED ON SIDE: '6SA7 S'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK PAINT WITH ORANGE PRINTING/ BLACK BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Westinghouse, Vacuum tube, circa 1948, Artifact no. 1966.0254, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0254.001/
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