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A small DG3-2 with 3cm face
Green phosphor screen early oscilloscope tube. (1938)
RCA 3RP1 3"CRT
Medium persistence green phosphor.
Oscilloscope tube
DG 7-2 7cm CRT Philips
Green phosphor screen
Used in one of the first Philips oscilloscopes (1938). Click on the picture to see the working scope.
AEG HR1/60/0,5 6 cm CRT
Early German wehrmacht CRT (1940)
Crude heavy gun construction
DuMont 5XP2A (1956)
5" wide-band oscilloscope tube
Long persistence green phosphor.
RCA 3AP1A 3" flatface CRT
Medium persistence green phosphor.
Oscilloscope tube, successor of the RCA 906 tube which has a clear glass envelope.
Telefunken D9-10GH 4" CRT
Medium short persistence green phosphor.
Oscilloscope tube
Brimar dual gun 5" CRT with spiral accelerator
Long persistence green phosphor.
Oscilloscope tube
Philips DG7-32 / CV2431 7cm CRT
Medium short persistence green phosphor.
Oscilloscope tube
Brimar-Thorn EMI waveform tube
Used in TV waveform monitors.
Odd shaped glass envelope
RCA 5ADP1
5" oscilloscope tube
Tektronix / SONY 154-0667-02
Small 3" CRT tube for portable oscilloscope
150CNB31T-RP
Matsushita waveform monitor CRT
Telefunken DG7-52 / 3BNP-1 7cm CRT
Short persistence green phosphor.
Oscilloscope tube, very short tube, only 15cm.
Tektronix 154-0786-00
Oscilloscope tube
Telefunken DG3-12 3cm CRT
BRIMAR 3" CRT
Single gun oscilloscope tube
Tektronix 154-0850-01
Advanced CRT from the 2445B Oscilloscope.
Tektronix type unknown
Oscilloscope tube
Toshiba 150CTB31 14cm CRT
Oscilloscope tube
VALVO D10-160 10cm CRT
Oscilloscope tube
Philips L14-140GH 14 cm storage CRT
Variable persistence green phosphor
Oscilloscope tube
HP Oscilloscope tube with storage screen.
5083-1972 3x 4" face.
Philips dual gun E10-165P
RCA 5UP7 5" Oscilloscope CRT
Long persistence green phosphor CRT.
VCR518 early 4" double beam CRT
Blue blue phosphor (1940)
DN 7-2 7cm CRT
Long persistence green phosphor (1937)
Unknown early CRT
7 cm screen