Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BEAM POWER AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1960–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0293.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 6BQ5
- LOCATION
- Japan
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS WITH METAL PINS; METAL AND GLASS WORKING PARTS/ CARDSTOCK BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.7 cm
- Width
- 2.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- PROBABLY THE 1960'S AND 1970'S
- Canada
-
PART OF THE CBC RADIO BROADCAST STUDIO INSIDE THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS, NANAIMO, B.C. THIS WAS ONE OF 7 UNDERGROUND BUNKERS BUILT ACROSS CANDA FROM 1959-1963 TO SHELTER GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY OFFICIALS, PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, AND ENSURE "CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT" AFTER A NUCLEARATTACK. - Function
-
USED IN THE OUTPUT STAGE OF AUDIO-FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TUBE: PRINTED ON GLASS: '6BQ5/ JAPAN/Q/ K/ JX/ GE [LOGO]/ CGE/ ELECTRONIC/ TUBE/ MADE TO CGE/ SPECIFICATIONS'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'GE [LOGO]/ CGE/ A Quality Product/ DISTRIBUTED BY/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC/ TORONTO, CANADA/ electronic/ tube/ 6BQ5/ Q/K/ EL84/ [ALSO IN FRENCH]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH WHITE PRINTING/ BOX: ORANGE WITH BLACK AND WHITE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Vacuum tube, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1996.0293, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0293.001/
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