[ARC5] VT-5 tube

[Dennis Monticelli]

Ray,

We have some early WWI era sets at CHRS.  Do you know which models used the
VT-5?

Dennis AE6C

On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 6:05 PM <raydio862 at verizon.net> wrote:

> The VT-5, AKA Western Electric 215 is a small receiving triode used in
> many early Army and Navy receivers as well as some commercial receiving
> sets made for early commercial radio station receivers (early radio
> stations were required to monitor certain frequencies incase of an
> emergency when the commercial station would have to shut down).  Northern
> Electric in Canada used them in receivers sold to the public.  The tubes
> are not that rare but finding sockets for them is more difficult.
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> Ray Chase
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> *From:* arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
> Behalf Of *Dennis Monticelli
> *Sent:* Monday, April 3, 2023 8:54 PM
> *To:* gewhite at crosslink.net
> *Cc:* ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Re: [ARC5] VT-5 tube
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> Elliot,
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> You might consider donating it to a museum that preserves and displays old
> tubes like this one.  We have a small WE tube collection at the California
> Historical Radio Society (CHRS) in Alameda, CA, but I'm sure there are
> other museums in the US that would be happy to have it.
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> Dennis AE6C
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> Director, CHRS
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> On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 5:48 PM <gewhite at crosslink.net> wrote:
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>     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
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>     About 2 1/2" long and 5/8 inches in diameter.
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> If you dig deeply enough on the web you can find a description of this
> tube.
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>     Anyone interested?
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>  - Gordon Eliot White
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