Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIR-COOLED/CLASS C RF AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1950–1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0743.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA
- MODEL
- 5671
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- U 11C
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 42.0 cm
- Height
- 62.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Transmitting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1952 TO 1975
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO CONVERT ELECTRIC POWER INTO RADIO FREQUENCY POWER. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF FORCED AIR-COOLED POWER TRIODE 17KW OUTPUT POWER USED IN THE 50 MHz RANGE IN RADIO TRANSMITTERS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE: 'RCA RADIOTRON/ ELECTRON/ TUBE [RCA LOGO] 5671/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ PLATE ON FRONT: 'RCA [LOGO]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ UNPAINTED METAL & METAL PAINTED BROWN
- Decoration
- MFR'S LOGO ON FRONT
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RCA, Vacuum tube, circa 1950–1980, Artifact no. 1986.0743, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0743.001/
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