Antique radios, Old Time Radios

6D6

ID = 2690

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Brand:	Common type USA tube/semicond. Common type USA tube/semicond. Condor Lamps Australasia Ltd; Sydney Genalex, BGE (brand), British General Electric Co. Pty Ltd.; Sydney, NSW. Osram (tubes/valves) - see British General Electrics; Sydney Philips Australia Canadian Marconi Co. Ltd. (CMC, Esterline), Marconi's Wireless; Montreal, QC CeCo (tubes), C.E. Mfg. Co. Inc.; Providence, RI Kadette (tube brand) - see also International Radio Corp.; Ann Arbor, MI National Union Radio Corp.; Orange (NJ) Raytheon Mfg. Co.; Cambridge, MA Sylvania (Hygrade, GTE, Nilco); Emporium (PA) Triad Television & Mfg. Co.; Pawtucket, RI
Tube type:	Vacuum Pentode RF/IF-Stage Controlling (mu)
	Ca. 1925 up to 1945 rare.

Identical to

6D6 = UZ-6D6 = UZ6D6 = 38646 = CV1709 = VT160_GPO

Similar Tubes

Other shape (e.g. bulb type):

M6D6

Normally replaceable-slightly different:

58A

Other class quality (otherwise equal):

VT-69

Heater different:

Other base:

6D6_Octal ; 6E7 ; 6U7G

First year

1933 -- Collector info (Sammler) >65 models for 1933, some with dated ads.

First Source (s)

01.Aug.1934 : Electron Tube Registration List

Predecessor Tubes

Successor Tubes

6U7G

Base

6-Pin-Base U6A, old, USA (Codex=Kf) Top contact with a cap.

Was used by

Radio/TV-reception etc.

Filament

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

Description

Variable mu RF/IF amplifier.

* RMA/JEDEC register record available by courtesy of TCA* - This tube was already listed by several manufacturers when RMA started its standardization in 1934. In order to characterize popular receiving types, manufacturers were asked to supply average characteristics as measured on production lots. Here are the filled answer forms supplied by Radio Valve Co., Raytheon, Sparton, Triad, Tung Sol, Ken Rad, Hytron and Arcturus. Full record is downloadable here.

Tube prices

3 Tube prices (visible for members only)

Information source

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

6D6: Internet Miguel Angel Trujillo-Rodriguez More ...
6D6: Telefunken Werkstattbuch Wolfgang Bauer More ...	Just Qvigstad	6D6: Cunningham Radiotron Manual Peter Hoddow More ...

Usage in Models

21= 1933?? ; 71= 1933? ; 65= 1933 ; 67= 1934?? ; 87= 1934? ; 508= 1934 ; 156= 1935?? ; 187= 1935? ; 858= 1935 ; 180= 1936?? ; 244= 1936? ; 735= 1936 ; 183= 1937?? ; 181= 1937? ; 828= 1937 ; 173= 1938?? ; 111= 1938? ; 555= 1938 ; 118= 1939?? ; 97= 1939? ; 229= 1939 ; 101= 1940?? ; 50= 1940? ; 46= 1940 ; 52= 1941?? ; 13= 1941? ; 4= 1941 ; 46= 1942?? ; 20= 1942? ; 4= 1942 ; 2= 1943? ; 1= 1943 ; 2= 1944?? ; 3= 1944? ; 4= 1944 ; 6= 1945?? ; 2= 1945? ; 2= 1945 ; 2= 1946?? ; 3= 1946? ; 7= 1946 ; 5= 1947?? ; 2= 1947? ; 6= 1947 ; 4= 1948?? ; 4= 1948 ; 1= 1949?? ; 1= 1949 ; 35= 1950?? ; 1= 1951?? ; 1= 1951? ; 1= 1951 ; 2= 1952?? ; 1= 1952? ; 1= 1953?? ; 1= 1953 ; 2= 1955?? ; 1= 1956 ; 1= 1999 ; 4= 9999?? ; 7= 9999

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):6105

Museum "Technik-Museum.ch"

Collection of

Documents about this component

RMA qualification record for tube types 76, 77, 78, 6C6, 6D6, 75, 41, 42, 2A5, 85, 6F7, 80, 84 and 6A7.

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6D6

Variants

Metal coated cylindrical glass version. Complete name: M6D6. The letter "M" appears only on the boxes and enclosed paperwork, not on the tubes. Please klick here: M6D6

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6D6

Common type USA tube/semicond.

Collection of

Variants