General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL ENVELOPE, PINS, PARTS; SYNTHETIC BASE/.2 CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

3.3 cm

Height

6.5 cm

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

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OF VACUUM TUBES DONATED TO CSTM BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA. MFD. AND/OR DISTRIBUTED BY CANADIANCOMPANY.

Function

METAL TYPE VACUUM TUBE USED AS RF OR IF AMPLIFIERS IN RADIO RECEIVERS. IT FEATURES SINGLE-ENDED CONSTRUCTION & INTERLEAD SHIELDS. REMOTE CUTOFF ENABLES IT TO HANDLE LARGE SIGNAL VOLTAGES WITHOUT CROSS-MODULATION OR MODULATION-DISTORTION & IT IS OFTEN USED RECEIVERS WITH AVC.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL VERSION OF REMOTE-CUTOFF PENTODE, EQUIVALENT TO COMMERCIAL 6SK7,

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 WHITE LETTERING ON TUBE READS "6137" & "Westinghouse/ ELECTRONIC TUBE/ C"; RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE OF BASE READS "LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT/ INDICATED ON CARTON"/.2 BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON BOX END READS "Westinghouse/ 6137/ TUBE"; WHITE LETTERING ON OPPOSITE BOX END READS "Westinghouse/ ELECTRONIC/ TUBE/ CANADIAN/ WESTINGHOUSE/ COMPANY LTD./ HAMILTON - CANADA"; BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON SIDES READS "Westinghouse/ ELECTRONIC TUBE" & "YOU CAN BE SURE/...IF IT'S/ Westinghouse"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BLACK ENVELOPE; BROWN BASE; METALLIC PINS/.2 ORANGE & BLUE EXTERIOR

Decoration

.2 2 NARROW WHITE STRIPES ON SIDES