Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BEAM POWER AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0277.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Marconi
- MODEL
- 6AR5
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- TUBE: GLASS, METAL SYNTHETIC/ CARTON: CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.3 cm
- Width
- 1.3 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
- Marconi
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1950'S & 1960'S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF TUBE MADE BY RVC IN THE U.S. FOR CANADIAN MARCONI CO. - Function
-
USED AS AN AMPLIFIER IN THE OUTPUT STAGE OF SMALL RADIO RECEIVERS. PRIMARILY USED IN AUTOMOBILE RECEIVERS AND A-C OPERATED RECEIVERS. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TUBE: '6AR5/ Marconi/ RADIOTRON/ RVC/ MADE IN U.S.A./ ZX'/ CARTON READS IN PART: 'MARCONI/ RVC/ RADIOTRON/ 6AR5/ Marconi/ RVC/ CANADIAN MARCONI/ COMPANY/ RADIOTRON/ GUARANTEE/...'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TUBE: UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH RED PRINTING/ CARTON: RED, BLACK & WHITE
- Decoration
- N/A
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