[ARC5] VT-5 tube

[Tom Lee]

Ah, the mighty peanut tube! Definitely belongs in a museum, especially 
given its as-new condition.

-- Cheers
Tom

-- 
Prof. Thomas H. Lee
Allen Ctr., Rm. 205
420 Via Palou Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4070
http://www-smirc.stanford.edu

On 4/3/2023 17:48, gewhite at crosslink.net wrote:
>     Among the odds and ends I have collected over the past 77 or so 
> years (I have been collecting "stuff" since I was 12) is a Western 
> Electric Co. VT-5 (D80039) VACUUM TUBE. New in its original box, 
> wrapped in a kind of felt-ish padding and a piece of paper with a 
> diagram. It has a four-pin socket of a sort I have never before seen. 
> Voltages shown are 22.5, 45, 67.5 and 90. The end of the box says U.S. 
> Army VT-5, Signal Corps, ser no 6387 There are patent dates on the box 
> from 12-17-18 through 6-12-25
>     About 2 1/2" long and 5/8 inches in diameter.
>
> If you dig deeply enough on the web you can find a description of this 
> tube.
>
>     Anyone interested?
>
>  - Gordon Eliot White
>
>
>
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