TubePad 6.0 Tube Chart

Quick Reference Data

Name: 6AK5
Use: Miniature tube used as RF or IF amplifiers usually in high-frequency applications at frequencies up to 400 MHz.
Notes: Requires miniature 7-contact socket.

Sharp-Cutoff Pentode
Heater / Filament Voltage . 6.3 volts
Heater / Filament Current . 0.175 amperes
EIA Base . . . . . . . . . . 7BD

Substitutes. . . . . . . . . 5591 5654 6AG5 6BC5 6CE5 

Capacitances and Design Maximum Values:

Input. . . . . . . . . . . .      4 pf
Output . . . . . . . . . . .    2.8 pf
Grid-Plate . . . . . . . . .   0.02 pf
Plate Dissipation. . . . .      1.7 watts
Screen Dissipation . . . .      0.5 watts
Maximum Plate Voltage. . .      180 volts
Maximum Screen Voltage . .      140 volts
Maximum Plate Current. . .       18 ma
Max Frequency . . . . . .       400 MHz	

Typical Operation as a Receiving Tube
 
      Description    Ep    Eg     Es   Is    Ip     Rp    TC     PO      
Class A Amplifier   180  200*    120   2.4   7.7   690K  5100     -
Class A Amplifier   180  180*    120   2.4   7.7   500K  5100     -
Class A Amplifier   150  330*    140   2.2   7.0   420K  4300     -
Class A Amplifier   120  200*    120   2.5   7.5   340K  5000     -
Class A Amplifier   120  180*    120   2.5   7.5   300K  5000     -

* = Value of cathode bias resistor