TubePad 6.0 Tube Chart

Quick Reference Data

Name: 24A
Use:
Glass tube type used as rf amplifier or biased detector in ac-operated receivers. Early era AC tube.
Notes: Requires a five-pin socket.


 24A
Sharp-Cutoff Tetrode

Data Source= R-10 & RC-15
Heater or Filament Voltage= 2.5 volts
Heater or Filament Current= 1.75 amperes
EIA Base= 5E
Substitutes. . . . . . . . . 35 51


Capacitances and Design Maximum Values:

C/in. . . . . . . . . . . .      5.0 pf
C/out . . . . . . . . . . .     10.0 pf
C/g-p . . . . . . . . . . .     0.01 pf
Maximum Plate Voltage . . .      250 volts
Maximum Screen Voltage. . .       90 volts


Typical Operation as a Receiving Tube                   

Description        Ep  Eg EgMax Es Is IsMax Ip IpMax  Rp    TC   AF  Zl  PO
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Class A Amplifier 180  -3   -  90 1.7   -    4    -  400K 1000  400   -   -
Class A Amplifier 250  -3   -  90 1.7   -    4    -  600K 1025  615   -   -