Tube data

• Tigahost
• NJ7P
• Western Electric 395A The radioactive tube!

Tube manufacturers & suppliers

• VacuumTubes.net 
• Tubedepot
• Centro Laboratorio Hi-Fi Viareggio
• Patrizia Pispola

Simple Tube emission test

• A tube with low electron emission from the cathode performs in general unsatisfactorily, especially in some critical circuits. A simple method to check emission consists in applying an AC voltage (at 50 or 60 Hz) between the cathode and all the other electrodes tied together (for example in a triode one should connect together the grid and the plate) and measuring the DC current. That gives a relative indication of the emission. An emission test must be short to avoid damaging the tube (3 seconds is the maximum recommended). This table gives the voltage and current values for a number of tubes.

Simple Tube projects

• A simple hybrid MW receiver  (Popular Electronics)
The 12AE6 is a tube designed for autoradio applications.
• 2-band 5-tube superhet (ARRL handbook 1958)
• The SimpleX Super 4-tube superhet(QST Dec. 1958)
• The SimpleX Super MarkII 3-tube superhet (ARRL handbook 1961)

Power Tubes

• Care & feeding of power grid tubes 1
• Care & feeding of power grid tubes 2
• Care & feeding of power grid tubes 3
• Care & feeding of power grid tubes 4
• Care & feeding of power grid tubes 5
• Care & feeding of power grid tubes 6

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