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AK1_US-7pin

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ID = 40118
       
Country:
Australia
Brand: Philips Australia
Tube type:  OCTODE   Frequency converter   Controlling (mu) 
  Ca. 1925 up to 1945 rare.
Identical to AK1_US-7pin
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Other base:
  AK1

Base 7-Pin-Base U7B = medium, old, USA Top contact with a cap.
Was used by Radio/TV-reception etc.
Filament Vf 4 Volts / If 0.65 Ampere / Indirect
Dimensions (WHD)
incl. pins / tip
45 x 129 x 35 mm / 1.77 x 5.08 x 1.38 inch

ak1_ux7base.png AK1_US-7pin
Peter den Boer

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Usage in Models 3= 1934

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):3

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This AK1 has a label around the base with the text: "This Philips valve was part of a half-ton aerial shipment handled by Imperial airways KLM, QUANTAS and New England Airways, and which established a world's record in aerial freighting for distance, weight and speed. Arrived Sydney 5/4/35 - 13 days from Europe."



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