TubePad 6.0 Tube Chart

Quick Reference Data

Name: 5U8
Use:
Miniature tube type used as combined oscillator and mixer tube in color and black-and-white television receivers utilizing an intermediate frequency in the order of 40 MHz.
Notes: Requires a miniature 9-pin socket.


5U8
Medium-Mu Triode  Sharp-Cutoff Pentode

Characteristics
Data Source. . . . . . . . . RC-29
Heater or Filament Voltage . 4.7 volts
Heater or Filament Current . 0.6 amperes
EIA Base . . . . . . . . . . 9AE
Substitutes . . . . 5EA8 5GH8 5CQ8 
For Characteristics and Typical Operation, See 6U8A