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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
More Information
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://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0709.001/
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