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OBJECT TYPE: AMPLIFIER SHARP CUT-OFF PENTODE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0709.001

MANUFACTURER: RCA Victor Co. Ltd.
MODEL: 6CF6
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 GLASS ENVELOPE; METAL PINS & PARTS/.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: 1.8 cm
Height: 5.4 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: RCA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: CANADIAN MADE ITEM FROM COLLECTION OF VACUUM TUBES DONATED TO CSTM BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA.
Function: MINIATURE TYPE VACUUM TUBE USED IN TELEVISION RECEIVERS AS INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER AT FREQUENCIES UP TO ABOUT 45 MEGACYCLES PER SECOND & AS RF AMPLIFIER IN VHF TELEVISION TUNERS. BECAUSE OF ITS PLATE CURRENT CUTOFF CHARACTERISTIC, THIS TYPE IS USED GAIN CONTROLLED STAGES OF VIDEO IF AMPLIFIERS.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF SHARP CUTOFF PENTODE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 WHITE LETTERING ON TUBE READS "6CF6/ CANADA", "RCA/ ELECTRON/ TUBE/ RCA [LOGO]" & "R/ XXM"/.2 WHITE & BLACK LETTERING ON BOX END READS "RCA/ 6CF6"; WHITE LETTERING ON BOX SIDES READS "RADIOTRON/ ELECTRON TUBE", "RCA VICTOR/ COMPANY, LTD./ Montreal, Canada", "World's Best-Known/ ELECTRON TUBE", "WARRANTED/ AGAINST DEFECTS/ IN WORKMANSHIP,/ MATERIALS/ AND CONSTRUCTION", "The Fountainhead of/ Modern/ Tube Development is/ RCA", WITH PATENT INFO. ON END FLAP
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: .1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; METALLIC PINS /.2 RED & BLACK EXTERIOR
Decoration: .2 2 "HISMASTER'S VOICE" LOGO ON 2 SIDES OF BOX; "RCA" LOGO ON 2 SIDES

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RCA Victor Co. Ltd., Vacuum tube, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0709, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0709.001/

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