Antique radios, Old Time Radios

6AB5

ID = 3873

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Brand:	Common type USA tube/semicond.
Tube type:	Mag. Eye, 1 shadow angle

Identical to

6AB5 = 6AB5/6N5

Similar Tubes

Normally replaceable-slightly different:

6N5

First Source (s)

19.Apr.1937 : Electron Tube Registration List

Predecessor Tubes

6N5

Base	6-Pin-Base U6A, old, USA (Codex=K)
Filament	Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.15 Ampere / Indirect / Parallel / series AC/DC
Description	Glass type used to indicate visually by means of a fluorescent target the effects of a change in a controlling voltage. It is used as a convenient means of indicating accurate radio-receiver tuning. We believe that the tube is called 6AB5/6N5 - but who can tell?
Tube prices	2 Tube prices (visible for members only)
Literature	Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49


	6AB5: Internet Miguel Angel Trujillo-Rodriguez

6AB5: De mi autoria
Cristian Wolkenstein

6AB5: Telefunken Werkstattbuch
Wolfgang Bauer

6AB5: Original data sheet
Otto Galli

Usage in Models

1= 1936? ; 1= 1937?? ; 3= 1937? ; 15= 1937 ; 4= 1938?? ; 27= 1938 ; 19= 1939?? ; 6= 1939? ; 18= 1939 ; 11= 1940?? ; 1= 1940? ; 14= 1940 ; 5= 1941?? ; 3= 1941? ; 3= 1941 ; 3= 1942?? ; 3= 1942? ; 1= 1942 ; 1= 1944 ; 1= 1946?? ; 1= 1947?? ; 1= 1948? ; 1= 1949 ; 2= 1951 ; 1= 1953?? ; 2= 1955?? ; 1= 1960??

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):149

Collection of Gerhard Eisenbarth (D)

Collection of Cristian Wolkenstein (RA)

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