6bq5 maker identification

[ceylon]

Any knowledge or guesses on the mfg of this 6BQ5? Getter-frame shape is a new one on me.

toshiba
looks like a manufacture defect not a type of getter.

 

[ceylon]

RFT was East Germany right ?

yes

 

[ceylon]

Yes they surely are RFT.You can identify them by the wide space between their mica tips touching the inside of the glass,and the usually dim , pale, almost "corroded" copper wire inside.
I have some RFT's ,but not with gold pins. Very good 6BQ5's.Still possible to find at reasonable prices.

perhpas you can still find reasonable prices, but itll take a lot of work--RFT EL34, EL84 asking prices have skyrocketed this past year.

 

[Plainly]

toshiba
looks like a manufacture defect not a type of getter.

Thanks. In what's barely left of any labeling I see APA like in JAPAN.
That getter would be quite the mfg defect. Maybe the tube is super rare like a coin with a strike error worth thousands (yes, joking).

 

[ceylon]

Thanks. In what's barely left of any labeling I see APA like in JAPAN.
That getter would be quite the mfg defect. Maybe the tube is super rare like a coin with a strike error worth thousands (yes, joking).

no prob buddy.

man, i aint never seen a getter like that before!

 

[Mr Boochie]

toshiba
looks like a manufacture defect not a type of getter.

Excellent tube!