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5. UHF TUBES
Jan. 06, 2018
5.1 - Low-power: acorn, glass envelopes, secondary emission amplifiers
5.2 - Door-knob tubes
5.3 - All-glass VHF/UHF power
5.4 - Micropup tubes
5.5 - Rocket tubes
5.6 - Lighthouse tubes
5.7 - Oil-can tubes
5.8 - Pencil tubes
5.9 - Mixed planar tubes
5.10 - Microwave modules
5.11 - Glass envelope planar tubes
5.1 - Low-power: acorn, glass envelopes, secondary emission amplifiers
2-01C Diode UHF
6F4 Triode UHF acorn
384A Pentode VHF
704A Diode UHF
717A Pentode VHF
954 Pentode VHF acorn
955 Triode UHF acorn
1630 Hexode receiving, VHF
1636 Beam--deflection heptode
5857 Secondary emission VHF ampl.
6923 Diode UHF
7548 Secondary emission VHF ampl.
EA50 Diode UHF, aka VR92
EA52 Diode UHF = 6923
CV58 Diode UHF
CV258 Diode UHF
CV1197 UHF triode = NR88
CV2276 Secondary-emission VHF pentode = 6351
EFP60 Secondary emission pentode
KP-105 UHF diode?
LG1 Diode UHF
NR88 Triode UHF acorn = CV1197
R-1790 Hexode receiving, VHF
VT-212 Triode UHF acorn
5.2 - Door-knob tubes
316A Triode UHF xmit doorknob = VT-191
368A Triode UHF xmit doorknob
368AS Triode UHF xmit doorknob
388A Triode UHF xmit doorknob
703A Triode UHF xmit doorknob
4316A STC equivalent for 316A
LWG5 Doorknob prototype, oxide-coated cathode, STC
TS1 - TS1a GEMA German improved variants of 316A
TS6 GEMA Giant doorknob UHF triode
TY04-30 UHF doorknob, similar 316A
5.3 - All-glass VHF/UHF power
3-200A3 Triode transmitting power = GE 592
97-136A2 Tetrode beam power
15E Triode UHF xmit pulse = 4C30
53-A EIMAC Triode transmitting VHF
227 EIMAC Triode transmitting VHF
227A EIMAC Trode transmitting VHF
327A Triode UHF xmit. pulse
826 Triode UHF xmit
829 / 829B Tetrode beam power; see also 3E29
832 Tetrode beam power
6907 Tetrode, beam transmitting
8012 Triode UHF xmit 4 caps
8012A Triode UHF xmit 4 caps
8025 Triode UHF xmit 4 caps
CV52 Triode UHF
LD5 Triode xmit power
LD15 Triode xmit power
LS50 Pentode transmitting
LS180 Transmitting triode, UHF
PL-185 VHF triode and pulse modulator
QQE04/20 Twin tetrode transmitting
QQE06/40 Twin tetrode transmitting
QQV04-16 Twin tetrode transmitting, also known as QQE04/5 and 7377
RD12Ta Triode UHF 
RD12Tf Triode, pulse UHF
RS394 Triode, pulse UHF
T-310 Triode VHF / UHF Japan. Likely derived from Telefunken LS180
VT-127A Triode UHF transmit
5.4 - Micropup tubes
3C27 Triode UHF xmit pulse, micropup
3C27B Triode UHF xmit pulse, micropup
3C37 Triode UHF xmit pulse, micropup
4C27 Triode UHF xmit micropup = CV92
4C28 Triode UHF xmit pulse, micropup
4C29 Triode UHF xmit pulse, micropup
6C24 Micropup VHF triode
710A Triode UHF xmit pulse, micropup
8011 Triode UHF xmit pulse, micropup = 710A, VT240, REL1
8014A Triode VHF xmit pulse, micropup
8026 Micropup UHF triode = CV92
CV15 Micropup triode, conduction cooled
CV55 Triode UHF xmit micropup
CV92 Triode micropup = 4C27, 8026
CV155 Triode UHF xmit micropup
CV178 High gain milli-micropup
CV199 Triode UHF xmit pulse, micropup
CV1090 Micropup VHF triode = VT90
CV1256 Triode UHF xmit pulse, micropup
Magnetron oven Actually a magnetron, same shape of other micropups. Also look at section 6, VM tubes.
NT99 Triode UHF xmit pulse, micropup
REL1 Triode micropup = VT90, 710A
REL7 Triode micropup = CV92, 4C27
VT90 Triode micropup
CV8 Diode UHF, micropup. Actually used as T/R switch, look at section 7.
5.5 - Rocket tubes Rockets
2C36 Triode UHF rocket 
2C37 Triode UHF rocket 
6BA4 Triode UHF rocket 
5767 Triode UHF rocket 
5768 Triode UHF rocket 
6481 Triode UHF rocket 
6503 Planar triode rocket style
8980 Triode UHF xmit planar
CV16 Triode UHF disk seal
CV53 Triode UHF disk seal
CV82 Triode UHF disk seal
CV88 Triode UHF disk seal
CV90 Triode UHF disk seal
CV127 UHF planar triode, STC S30A
CV273 Triode UHF rocket
CV354 Triode UHF rocket
DET24 Triode UHF xmit planar = CV397
EC55 Triode UHF rocket
TD03-10 Triode UHF rocket
5.6 - Lighthouse tubes
2B22 Diode, UHF
2C40A Triode UHF lighthouse
2C42 Triode UHF lighthouse
2C43 Triode UHF lighthouse
2C44 Triode UHF lighthouse
2C46 Triode UHF lighthouse
3C22 Triode UHF xmit disc-sealed
446 Triode UHF lighthouse
EC157 Triode UHF lighthouse
5.7 - Oil-can tubes
2C39 Triode UHF xmit, oil-can
2C41 Triode UHF xmit pulse, oil-can
3CX100A5 Triode UHF xmit pulse, oil-can
322 Diode UHF power, oil-can
381-ML Triode UHF xmit, oil-can
4062 Triode UHF cermet
6442 Triode UHF power cermet
7289 Triode UHF xmit pulse, oil-can
7554 Triode UHF xmit planar
7698 Triode UHF xmit pulse, oil-can
7815 Triode UHF xmit pulse, oil-can
8906 Triode UHF xmit pulse, oil-can
CV1736 Planar power triode
5.8 - Pencil tubes
4042 Triode UHF pencil
4043 Triode UHF pencil
4058 UHF Pencil Triode
5675 Triode UHF pencil
5876 Triode UHF pencil
6173 Diode UHF pencil
6263 Triode UHF pencil
5.9 - Mixed planar tubes
3C36 National Union planar UHF triode. An odd quasi-experimetal type registered in 1946, halfway between micropups and lighthouses.
708A Triode UHF g.g.
416A, B, C, D UHF triode, = 6280
6299 Triode UHF/SHF cermet
7077 Triode UHF/SHF cermet
7266 UHF/SHF diode
7391 Triode UHF/SHF cermet
7462 Triode UHF/SHF cermet
7486 Triode UHF/SHF cermet
7768 Cermet microwave triode
7784 UHF Cermet Triode, Low-Noise Amplifier
7910 Cermet microwave triode
Y-1610 Triode UHF/SHF cermet
Z5318 Triode UHF/SHF cermet
5.10 - Microwave modules
6562 UHF Xmit module
C-2063 Triode UHF/SHF cermet module
C-2064 Triode UHF/SHF cermet module
5.11 - Glass envelope planar tubes
7245 Triode UHF stacked electrodes
CV408 UHF triode
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