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These are codes often seen stamped
on components found in US made vintage tube equipment.
Code formats were not completely standardized, but a little deciphering will generally
yield the info of interest. Note that many makers also stamped OEM (Original Eqipment
Manufacturer) part numbers above or below the EIA code, in some cases parts makers
or the customer elected not to include the EIA codes, so not all parts have them.
They generally follow the following format: (example)
137 5904
where 137 is the manufacturer code (in this case CTS), 59 is the year (1959), and
04 is the week.
One alternate scheme is:
274 940
274 is the EIA code (RCA) 9 is the last digit of the year (in this case 1949). Usually
single digit date codes are from the 1940's, but have on occasion shown up in later
decades, even up to the 1970's. If one has a general idea of the age of the piece
in question, usually the decade can be divined from that.
Another alternate is in the format following:
188-5 69 32
188 is General Electric. 5 is the plant code (in this case, Owensboro, Kentucky).
69 32 is 1969, 32nd week.
And another is like this:
137 6104-1
137 is CTS, 6104 is 1961, 4th week, 1 is the shift code (1 would probably be the
day shift)
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Manufacturer
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Code
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Manufacturer
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Code
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Becker
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24
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Altec/Lansing
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391
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Eminence
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67
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Heath
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416
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Admiral
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101
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North American Philips
(Norelco)
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423
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Credence
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117
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Cleveland
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433
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Automatic Manufacturing
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119
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Wilder
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449
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Bendix
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125
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Oxford
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465
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Matsushita
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130
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Delco
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466
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Panasonic
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130
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Midwest
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549
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CTS (Chicago Telephone
Supply)
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137
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Waldom Electronics
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555
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Cinaudagraph
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145
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Heppner
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575
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Consolidated
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145
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Bogen
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589
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Crescent
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150
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Electro-Voice
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649
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Hitachi
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169
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Pioneer
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706
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Motorola
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185
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Carbonneau
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719
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General Electric
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188
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Esquire
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742
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Jensen
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220
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Russell Speaker
Co
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748
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Magnavox
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232
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Universal
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756
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National
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245
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Quincy Speaker Mfr
Corp
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767
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DuKane (Operadio
Corp)
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252
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Sonatone
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787
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Operadio
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252
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McGregor
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789
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Philco
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260
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Harman Kardon
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794
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Quam (Quam-Nichols)
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270
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Atlas
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795
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RCA
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274
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Midland
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828
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Emerson
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277
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Ampex
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840
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Radio Speaker
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277
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Klipsch
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843
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Raytheon
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280
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University
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847
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Rola
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285
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Oaktron
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934
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Ross
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286
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Fisher
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1056
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Solar
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296
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Channel
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1059
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Stromberg
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308
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Pyle
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1098
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Utah
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328
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Acoustic Fiber Sounde
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1113
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Western Electric
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336
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Curtis Mathes
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1149
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Zenith
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343
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Micro Magnet
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1191
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Best
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371
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WeberVST
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1279
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Altec Lansing Corp
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391
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Amperex,
Mullard, Philips, and Valvo Tube Codes |
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