Antique radios, Old Time Radios
955
Base |
Acorn 5 pin 5AA
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Was used by |
Military and/or Government |
Filament |
Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.15 Ampere / Indirect / Specified voltage AND current AC/DC |
Description |
The first Acorn-tube, followed by the pentode 954 in 1935 and the variable-mu pentode 956 in 1936. See also the British "Acorn-valves" with 4-V-heaters and the Tosiba UN955. The tube was originally branded RCA-deForest
Designed to operate as amplifier or oscillator up to 600 MHz, thanks to the small dimensions of electrodes and the low inductance of its connections.
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Dimensions (WHD) incl. pins / tip |
x 37 x 23 mm / x 1.46 x 0.91 inch |
Weight |
6 g / 0.21 oz |
Tube prices |
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Information source |
Essential Characteristics, GE 1973
Tube Lore (II) p. 145 & 150
Universal Vade-Mecum, Electron Valves and Semiconductor Devices
Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49
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955: KdR
Karel De Reus †
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955: ARRL Handbook 1972
Anonymous 10 Collector
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Just Qvigstad
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955: RCA Technical Manual TT3
Miguel Angel Trujillo-Rodriguez
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Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):61
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Forum contributions about this tube
955
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Midget Broadcast Set with 955 acorn tube
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Georg Richter
28.Jan.10
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A nice instruction how to build a midget broadcast set with the 955 acorn tube was issued in the book "Radio For The Millions" (prepared in 1945 by Popular Science Monthly staff, but first published in "Popular Scienece Monthly" November 1938).
Enjoy the attachment.
Best Regards
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