TubePad 6.0 Tube Chart

Quick Reference Data

Name: 6EA8
Use:
Miniature type used as combined oscillator and mixer in color and black-and-white television receivers utilizing an if in the order of 40 MHz.
Notes: Requires a miniature 9-pin socket.


6EA8
Triode - Sharp-Cutoff Pentode

Characteristics
Data Source. . . . . . . . . RC-29
Heater or Filament Voltage . 6.3 volts
Heater or Filament Current . 0.45 amperes
EIA Base . . . . . . . . . . 9AE
Substitutes . . . . 6GH8 6GJ8 6HL8 6KD8 6LM8 6U8



Capacitances and Design Maximum Values:

Section   . . . . . . . . .      Pentode
C/in. . . . . . . . . . . .        5 pf
C/out . . . . . . . . . . .      2.6 pf
C/gp. . . . . . . . . . . .     0.02 pf
Plate Dissipation . . . . .      3.1 watts
Screen Dissipation  . . . .     0.55 watts
Maximum Plate Voltage . . .      330 volts
Maximum Screen Voltage  . .      330 volts

Section   . . . . . . . . .       Triode
C/in. . . . . . . . . . . .        3 pf
C/out . . . . . . . . . . .      0.3 pf
C/gp. . . . . . . . . . . .      1.7 pf
Plate Dissipation . . . . .      2.5 watts
Maximum Plate Voltage . . .      330 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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Triode Class  A Amp 150  -1    -    -  -    -  18    -   5K 8500 40  -  -
Pentode Class A Amp 125 56*    -  125  4    -  12    - 200K 6400  -  -  -
* = Value of cathode bias resistor