Ken-Rad type 12AH7GT audio frequency double triode

Description (Brief):

An 8-pin plastic base with center post. Mica insulator. T-shaped glass envelope. Printed on base: "Engineering Sample / A / 3 / Ken-Rad / Made in U.S.A."; on envelope: "12AH7 / GT". Paper label reads: "Laboratory sample / Type 12AH7GT Date 1-31-[19]41 / Ken-Rad Tube and Lamp Corporation / Incorporated / Owensboro Kentucky". Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_12ah7gt.html.

Date Made: 1941

Maker: Ken-Rad Tube and Lamp Corporation

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: from Susan Horle

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.313862Catalog Number: 313862Accession Number: 195337

Object Name: Electron Tubevacuum tubedouble triode

Measurements: overall: 3 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 3.175 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-261e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_701675

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