General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS/ METAL/ CERAMIC/ PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length

10.9 cm

Width

4.5 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

General Electric

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED AS AN AMPLIFIER IN RADIO RECEIVERS

Technical

ONE OF THE FIRST 'HARD' OR HIGH VACUUM AMPLIFIER TYPE TUBES/ THIS TUBE TYPE & THE UV200 WERE THE FIRST TUBES MARKETED BY RCA THAT WERE MANUFACTURED BY GE

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

TUBE: ON GLASS: 'RC [LOGO]/ GE [LOGO]'/ STAMPED ON BASE: 'RADIOTRON/ MODEL UV-201/ PATENTED/ LICENSED FOR AMATEUR [?]/ EXPERIMENTAL USE ONLY'/HANDPAINTED INSIDE BULB: '1+13'/ BOX: MARKINGS INCLUDE: 'RC [LOGO]/ RADIOTRON/ DETECTOR/ AND/ AMPLIFIER (PLIOTRON)/ MODEL UV-201/ FIL. VOLT 5/ FIL. AMP 1/ PLATE V. 20-100/ MANUFACTURED FOR/ RADIO CORPORATION/ OF AMERICA/ BY/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ U.S.A./ GE [LOGO]/ PATENTED/ NOV. 7, 1905/ JAN. 15, 1907/ FEB. 18, 1908/ APR. 12, 1910/ FEB. 27, 1912/ APR. 2, 1912/ DEC. 30, 1913/ JULY 28, 1914/ MAY 18, 1915/ OCT. 31, 1916/ JUNE 4, 1918/ JULY 23, 1918/ DEC. 17, 1918/ FEB. 18, 1919'

Missing

N/A

Finish

UNCOLOURED GLASS/ WHITE CERAMIC/ BEIGE BOX WITH BLUE LETTERING

Decoration

N/A