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327ATriode, W. production of Eimac-developed 327A. Used in Navy SC radar.2017-11-22 06:58:30 74223 bytes
327A_PartsComponents and finished tube.2017-11-22 07:03:10 95634 bytes
6C21_No1Triode, "Fairmont, West Virginia, 6-23-1944." Note composition base, conical anode mounting, and (fragile looking) grid connection. Tube used as modulator in SCR-584 radar.2017-11-22 06:58:30 52508 bytes
6C21_No2Has angled grid support and metal (?) base, closer to usual Eimac construction than No. 1.2017-11-22 06:58:30 74982 bytes
865Tetrode, early version in "S" bulb.2017-11-22 07:03:12 48064 bytes
891RRCA-branded. May actually be an 892R: the two are identical visually.2017-11-22 07:03:12 52904 bytes
AT30Early triode. ".W. Radiotron."2017-11-22 07:03:12 41289 bytes
AW220Triode, cut-away display. Has "correct" fluted anode. Dia. 6-1/2", height ca. 68" Seems to have wa-ter-cooled grid seal at bottom.2017-11-22 07:03:12 35869 bytes
DKI668Three-phase mercury-arc rectifier. "Made by D. D. Knowles @ East Pitts Research Lab to provide High Voltage (22 kV DC) at high current up to 50 amps from 3 tubes (12 anodes) for new Test Set at RCA, Harrison, N. J. This was for early work on what later became "Super-Power Tubes" by RCA. At the time, 1936, GE, .W. and RCA were still legally coordinating the design and manufac-turing of "Power Tubes." W. G. Moran , 26 March 1968 (Notation on back.)2017-11-22 07:03:12 66958 bytes
GL814GE photo 5718112, dated 7-19-1939. Tube has glazed ceramic base.2017-11-22 07:03:10 43418 bytes
RaytheonPrewar power tetrode, appears to be RK-20A , RK-28, RK-46, RK-47, or RK-48.2017-11-22 07:03:12 41649 bytes
UV203ATriode, RCA-branded.2017-11-22 07:03:12 52273 bytes
UV206Appears to be a GE photo, dated 3-6-1930. From blueline print.2017-11-22 07:03:14 61032 bytes
UV207RCA-branded. Has clamp-on connecting strap for grid.2017-11-22 07:03:14 46355 bytes
UV211From blueline print. Print has '211" penciled on base. Tipped bulb.2017-11-22 07:03:14 57600 bytes
UV214Less cooler.2017-11-22 06:58:30 32441 bytes
UV217CRCA "Rectron"2017-11-22 07:03:14 48017 bytes
UV849Appears to be GE photo. "Before 2-10-31."2017-11-22 07:03:14 41294 bytes
UV850Print is marked "RCA 850," so this is a UV-850.2017-11-22 07:03:12 33489 bytes
UV853Dated "9-24-1929"2017-11-22 07:03:14 42345 bytes
UV854_LessCoolerLess integral water jacket and attached grid strap.
9-24-1929. Has flange for external water jacket.
2017-11-22 07:03:14 46287 bytes
UV854_WithCoolerHas integral water jacket.
Also 9-24-29 Has integral cooler.
2017-11-22 07:03:14 46591 bytes
UV855Rectifier, 9-24-1929.2017-11-22 07:03:14 33581 bytes
UV862_TipDownGE photo 469657, dated 2-7-1929. Seal-off tip points down. Connecting strap clamped to grid stud.2017-11-22 07:03:16 27153 bytes
UV862_TipUpGE photo 459986, undated. Early vintage; seal-off tip points up. Connection strap brazed to grid stud. Tube "has some hours on it," judging from scale on anode.2017-12-08 22:07:32 41747 bytes
UV865Tetrode, early version in "S" bulb.2017-11-22 07:03:16 53105 bytes
UV872Early version. "5-15-1931."2017-11-22 07:03:16 80524 bytes
Unidentified1Power triode, 207-style, with "lava": beads on fil. leads, no top cap, grid pin through side arm, inte-gral water-cooler with domed bottom and jarge pipe threads.2017-11-22 07:03:12 64045 bytes
Unidentified2Power triode, 207-style, with "lava" beads on fil. leads, cap on top, detachable connecting strap on grid post. New tube - no discoloration on anode from use.2017-11-22 06:58:30 31822 bytes
Unidentified3Power triode, 207-style , with plain fil. leads, no top cap, grid pin through side arm.2017-12-08 22:32:58 43830 bytes
Unidentified4Power triode, like Unident 3 but with plain fil. leads, integral cooler with large pipe threads, flat bot-tom, and mounting strap.2017-11-22 07:03:12 38000 bytes
Unidentified5Power triode, 207-style, with "lava" beads on fil. leads, no top cap, grid pin through side arm, inte-gral water-cooler with domed bottom and small pipe threads.2017-11-22 07:03:12 34568 bytes
Unidentified6Postwar external-anode power triode, cut open, probably a WL-473.2017-11-22 07:03:12 64983 bytes
Unidentified7Power triode, may be a different version of Unident. 1.2017-11-22 07:03:12 56063 bytes
Unidentified8Power triode, 207-style, with "lava" beads on fil. leads, no top cap, grid pin through side arm.2017-11-22 06:58:30 43048 bytes
VT127AW. production of VT-127A radar triode, developed by Eimac for SCR-268 radar.2017-11-22 07:03:16 95063 bytes
WC61_RW100(Photo is identified this way.) Rectifier. Has water jacket with domed bottom.2017-11-22 07:03:16 61824 bytes
WL196RF-heating triode.2017-11-22 07:03:16 48632 bytes
WL204ADated "7-3-1934"2017-11-22 07:03:16 30616 bytes
WL305XRay - (1945)2017-11-24 22:50:30 213277 bytes
WL311XRay - (includes WL-312) (1949)2017-11-24 22:52:22 133739 bytes
WL327XRay - (includes WL-341 and WL-342) (1947)2017-11-24 22:53:28 527398 bytes
WL332ZRau - (1945)2017-11-24 22:54:24 216029 bytes
WL340XRay - (includes WL-381, WL-390, and WL-395) (1948)2017-11-24 22:55:32 222304 bytes
WL349XRay - (includes WL-384) (1949)2017-11-24 22:56:24 258091 bytes
WL355XRay - (includes WL-355, WL-374, WL-375, and WL-377) (1947)2017-11-24 22:57:32 594953 bytes
WL387XRay - (1945)2017-11-24 22:58:32 214439 bytes
WL388XRay - (1945)2017-11-24 23:00:46 244216 bytes
WL389XRay 2017-11-24 23:02:30 188635 bytes
WL391XRay - (1945)2017-11-24 23:03:26 224190 bytes
WL392XRay - (1945)2017-11-24 23:52:56 241609 bytes
WL393XRay - (1947)2017-11-24 23:05:10 232243 bytes
WL455_No1RF-heating triode.2017-11-22 07:03:16 39146 bytes
WL455_No2Second (better) view2017-11-22 07:03:10 43831 bytes
WL460RF-heating triode2017-11-22 07:03:10 44494 bytes
WL461_OscillatorRF-heating generator using WL-461s. This image used in WL-461 promo brochure.2017-11-22 07:05:02 48662 bytes
WL461_TiplessVHF RF-heating triode2017-11-22 07:05:02 45779 bytes
WL461_TippedVHF RF-reating triode2017-11-22 07:05:02 51092 bytes
WL473Postwar RF-heating triode, related to 5736 (shorter radiator, same ratings.)2017-11-22 07:05:02 55086 bytes
WL478Coaxial VHF power tube, glass bulb, metal-and-disc base, forced-air-cooled.2017-11-22 07:05:02 60054 bytes
WL530Power triode, apparently unique to SCR-270 and SCR-271 205-MHz search radars.2017-11-22 07:05:02 63666 bytes
WL530sTriodes on parade.2017-11-22 07:05:02 83702 bytes
WL5519XRay - (includes WL-5520 through WL-5523) (1948)2017-11-24 23:06:06 556419 bytes
WL5519_HeadXRay - Head (for WL-5519 through WL-5523, with integral oil pump) (1948)2017-11-24 23:07:02 238085 bytes
WL5532XRay - (includes WL-5533 through WL-5540) (1947)2017-11-24 23:59:24 1176291 bytes
WL5599XRay - (includes WL-5600 through WL-5602) (1949)2017-11-24 23:11:20 630762 bytes
WL5745XRay - includes WL-5746 (1948)2017-11-24 23:12:00 240234 bytes
WL621Has white glass at plate end of bulb. .W. branded.2017-11-22 07:05:04 32198 bytes
WL627Thyratron, displayed in elongated glass tube like stretched version of glass housing of old-time stock ticker. Not the KU-627 thyratron, which is much smaller, on "industrial" base. Ca. 6" dia. x 14" high.2017-11-22 07:05:04 84275 bytes
WL671Glass ignitron, photographed in improvised light-diffusing box.2017-11-22 07:05:04 66677 bytes
WL706Voltage regulator for locomotive headlights, neon, 109 volts.2017-11-22 07:05:04 36249 bytes
WL715"Neon potential indicator tube," "2-17-1930."2017-11-22 07:05:04 33904 bytes
WL803Dated 8-15-1944. Heavy gettering around anode. Has locating pin.2017-11-22 07:05:04 67856 bytes
WL803_Dual 2017-11-22 07:05:04 63133 bytes
WL837_DualTwo tubes. Ceramic base has, unaccountably, a locating pin.2017-11-22 07:05:04 86024 bytes
WL838_DualTwo tubes.2017-11-22 07:05:04 55216 bytes
WL845_DualDual view. Tubes are visually indistinguishable from 838.2017-11-22 07:05:04 48989 bytes
WL849Triode. Dated 8-31-19342017-11-22 07:05:04 45080 bytes
WL851_OrigTriode.2017-11-22 07:05:04 43475 bytes
WL851_PartsTriode, less bulb.2017-11-22 07:05:04 91844 bytes
WL852Triode, ungettered (another image shows a coating of getter inside the plate arm)2017-11-22 07:05:06 48746 bytes
WL860Dated 2-17-19362017-11-22 07:05:06 53676 bytes
WL860_No2Second view.2017-11-22 07:05:06 54725 bytes
WL861-1Dated 8-23-1944, plain plate, black cap2017-11-22 07:05:06 59083 bytes
WL861-3Dated 2-16-1936. Plain anode, white cap.2017-11-22 07:05:06 53954 bytes
WT25Glass power triode, with domed cap, on pins-and-blade base. Base stamped "TRIPEWT25." 2017-11-22 07:05:02 56885 bytes