Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TWIN DIODE/UHF
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1200.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Radio Mfg. Corp. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 6AL5
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.3 cm
- Width
- 1.8 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
- Rogers
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO DETECT UHF SIGNALS IN RADIO RECEIVERS/ ESPECIALLY USEFUL AS A RADIODETECTOR IN AC-OPERATED FM RECEIVERS - Technical
-
FIRST AMERICAN MINIATURIZED TWIN DIODE TYPE/ ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY SYLVANIA IN 1944 - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON GLASS: '6AL5/ ROGERS/ PAT. CANADA 36-53/ 6AL5'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'GUARANTEED/ ROGERS/ ELECTRONIC TUBE/ 6AL5/ MANUFACTURED BY CANADIAN RADIO MANUFACTURING CORPORATION LIMITED/ SOLD BY ROGERS MAJESTIC ELECTRONICS LIMITED TORONTO, CANADA'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLORED GLASS WITH YELLOW PRINTING/ BOX: YELLOW, GREEN & WHITE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Radio Mfg. Corp. Ltd., Vacuum tube, circa 1944, Artifact no. 1987.1200, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.1200.001/
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