[ARC5] VT-5 tube

[Tom Lee]

I see that Dennis beat me to the punch re: museum.

--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 18:01, Tom Lee wrote:
> 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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