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echo: ham_tech
to: BOB ALBERT
from: JEFF EDMONSON
date: 1997-07-27 20:39:00
subject: 6146s

 > You aren't really wrong in your comments about the tubes,
 > although there are some inaccuracies.  The dissipation rating
 > of the 6L6 was 19 Watts I think, and the 6L6GC went up to more,
 > perhaps 30 Watts.  The 807 had a five pin base and a plate cap
 > but internally was pretty much the same tube.  The plate cap
 > enabled better separation of grid and plate circuits, and thus
 > operation to slightly higher frequencies.
Enh...
the 807 is the 6 volt version of the 1625.
 > So, for low frequency use, any of the tubes pretty much were
 > electrically interchangeable.  You may remember the 829B, which
 > was a pair of them in one envelope, with a glass base and two
 > plate caps.  I used one for years in a transmitter.  The 2E26
 > was smaller, perhaps more like a 6V6 in ratings, but with a
 > plate cap.  The 832 was a pair of them in one envelope similar
 > to the 829B.
the 2E26 can be used as a replacement (at half the power output) as the 6146.
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73 = Best Regards                ka5thb@bigfoot.com
-Jeff KA5THB
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