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ID = 22974
       
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Brand: General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY
Tube type:  Signal Diode - one single system   UHF 
Identical to 559 = GL559 = 2B22

Base Octal (Int.Octal, IO) K8A, USA 1935
Was used by Radar
Filament Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.75 Ampere / Indirect
Description

559 or GL-559 is the General Electric proprietary code for JEDEC 2B22. Also made by RCA.

UHF lighthouse planar diode also used as low-power TR switch.

 
Information source Tube Lore (I)   

559_so.png 559: ARRL Handbook 1972
Anonymous 10 Collector


Just Qvigstad
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559: Babani 1949-1951
Patrice Zeissloff

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Usage in Models 1= 1944?

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):1

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