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446A

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ID = 17463
       
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Brand: Common type USA tube/semicond.
Tube type:  Triode, vacuum   UHF 
Identical to 446A = CV932 = GL-446A
Similar Tubes
Normally replaceable-slightly different:
  CV2643 ; CV687 ; REL34
Successor Tubes 2C40   GL464  

Base Octal (Int.Octal, IO) K8A, USA 1935
Filament Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.75 Ampere / Indirect / Specified voltage AC/DC
Description "Lighthouse" Tube. First 'soldered-can' cathode, superseeded by 2C40. 446A was intended as RF amplifier in radar receivers. Noise figure as low as 10 dB at 1.0 GHz, versus 23 dB of other UHF tubes, like 368A 
Tube prices 2 Tube prices (visible for members only)
Information source Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49   
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446a_so.png 446A: ARRL Handbook 1972
Anonymous 10 Collector

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446A: Babani 1951-1954
Patrice Zeissloff

Usage in Models 1= 1941??

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446A
 

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