Antique radios, Old Time Radios

6A8GT

ID = 2689

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Brand:	Common type USA tube/semicond.
Tube type:	Pentagrid-Converter (Heptode) Pentagrid (old)

Identical to

6A8GT = VT-151B = 6A8GTX

Similar Tubes

Other shape (e.g. bulb type):

6A8 ; 6A8G ; 6A8MG ; 6A8V

Other class quality (otherwise equal):

CV580

Heater different:

12A8GT

Other base:

7B8

First Source (s)

11.Mar.1938 : Electron Tube Registration List

Predecessor Tubes

6A7 6A8G

Successor Tubes

6TE8GT 7B8 6SA7GT 7Q7

Base

Octal (Int.Octal, IO) K8A, USA 1935 (Codex=Ue) Top contact with a cap.

Filament

Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.3 Ampere / Indirect / Specified voltage AND current AC/DC

Tube prices

3 Tube prices (visible for members only)

Information source

Essential Characteristics, GE 1973
Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49

6A8GT: my collection Giuseppe Antonio Tusini
6A8GT: Telefunken Werkstattbuch Wolfgang Bauer More ...	Just Qvigstad	6A8GT: Manufacturer's Literature Emilio Ciardiello More ...

Usage in Models

3= 1938? ; 13= 1938 ; 12= 1939?? ; 32= 1939? ; 73= 1939 ; 10= 1940?? ; 5= 1940? ; 73= 1940 ; 11= 1941?? ; 4= 1941? ; 11= 1941 ; 6= 1942?? ; 11= 1942? ; 4= 1942 ; 1= 1943? ; 1= 1944? ; 1= 1945?? ; 2= 1945? ; 2= 1945 ; 2= 1946?? ; 1= 1946? ; 9= 1946 ; 3= 1947?? ; 2= 1947? ; 12= 1947 ; 2= 1948 ; 1= 1949?? ; 1= 1949 ; 2= 1950?? ; 3= 1951? ; 1= 1959? ; 1= 1962??

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):315

Collection of

Stuart Irwin (AUS)

Christian Schaufelberger (CH)

Aldo Patriarca (CH)

Alberto Ammendola (I)

Antonio Bordini (I)

Massimo Pedrina (I)

Georges Werts (B)

Jozef Brughmans † (B)

6A8GT

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