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6L6G

Country:	Worldwide	Brand:	Common type Worldwide
		Developer:	RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
		Tube type:	Beam Power Tube

Tube ID = 2982

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Identical to	6L6G = VT-115A = CV1947
Similar Tubes	Other shape (e.g. bulb type): 3108_OSW; 6L6; 6L6GA; 6L6GT; 6L6_DDR; 6p3s; OSW3108 Normally replaceable-slightly different: 6L6GX Heater and shape different: 11L6 Different connections: 6AL6; 6AL6G Other base: RK49; T21_USA Other base and other heater: AC/Q Multiple differences or of other kind: 6BG6G
First Source (s)	08.Jun.1936 : Electron Tube Registration List
Successor Tubes	6L6GB 6L6GC

Base	Octal (Int.Octal, IO) K8A, USA 1935 (Codex=Udb)
Filament	Vf 6.3 Volts / If: 0.9 Ampere / -: Indirect / -: Parallel, (AC/DC) /
Description	Beam-power-tetrode, launched spring 1936 by RCA. Predecessors: none / Successors: none, still in production. By demand of more output power new output tubes appeared in 1936 with plate dissipation increased from 9 to 18 watts. In Europe it were the pentodes AL5 (4Vf) and EL5 (6.3Vf), in the USA it was the worlds first and most famous beam-power-tetrode, the 6L6. First it appeared as metal tube, then in several glass versions, e.g. as 6L6GC with 35 watts dissipation. Text in other languages (may differ)
Tube prices	1 Tube prices (visible for members only)
Literature	Essential Characteristics, GE 1973 Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49


	6L6G: HP Manual Model 710B Heinz Höger

6L6G: JR
Jacob Roschy

6L6G: RTT Schwandt 14.Aufl.
Günther Stabe

6L6G: RCA RECEIVING TUBE MANUAL Jg. 1950
Peter Steffen

Usage in Models

9= 1936 ; 13= 1937?? ; 28= 1937 ; 3= 1938?? ; 5= 1938? ; 91= 1938 ; 7= 1939?? ; 1= 1939? ; 33= 1939 ; 5= 1940?? ; 6= 1940? ; 52= 1940 ; 2= 1941?? ; 2= 1941? ; 29= 1941 ; 2= 1942?? ; 6= 1942? ; 7= 1942 ; 1= 1943?? ; 1= 1943? ; 7= 1943 ; 4= 1944 ; 1= 1945?? ; 2= 1945 ; 4= 1946?? ; 4= 1946? ; 14= 1946 ; 3= 1947?? ; 5= 1947? ; 4= 1947 ; 8= 1948?? ; 5= 1948? ; 11= 1948 ; 5= 1949?? ; 4= 1949? ; 9= 1949 ; 9= 1950?? ; 3= 1950? ; 9= 1950 ; 2= 1951?? ; 9= 1951 ; 7= 1952? ; 5= 1952 ; 3= 1953?? ; 4= 1953? ; 7= 1953 ; 1= 1954? ; 13= 1954 ; 3= 1955?? ; 1= 1955? ; 2= 1955 ; 1= 1956?? ; 1= 1956? ; 2= 1957?? ; 3= 1957? ; 2= 1958? ; 2= 1958 ; 1= 1959? ; 3= 1960?? ; 3= 1960 ; 1= 1962? ; 1= 1971

Number of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe): 491

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