TubePad 6.0 Tube Chart

Quick Reference Data

Name: 6SA7
Use:
Metal tube type used as converter in superhetrodyne circuits. Similar in performance to 6BE6. Tube has excellent frequency stability.
Notes: Requires an octal socket.


6SA7
Pentagrid Converter

Characteristics
Data Source. . . . . . . . . RC-15
Heater or Filament Voltage . 6.3 volts
Heater or Filament Current . 0.3 amperes
EIA Base . . . . . . . . . . 8R
Substitutes . . . . 6SB7 



Capacitances and Design Maximum Values:

Capacitances and Design Maximum Values
Section . . . . . . . . . .        Mixer
C/in. . . . . . . . . . . .      9.5 pf
C/out . . . . . . . . . . .       12 pf
C/gp. . . . . . . . . . . .        - pf
Plate Dissipation . . . . .      1.0 watts
Screen Dissipation. . . . .      1.0 watts
Maximum Plate Voltage . . .      300 volts
Maximum Screen Voltage. . .      100 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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Mixer (Self-Excited) 250  0    - 100 8.5     - 3.5     -   1M 450  -  -  -
Mixer (Self-Excited) 100  0    - 100 8.5     - 3.3     - 500K 425  -  -  -
Mixer (Ext-Excited)  250 -2    - 100 8.5     - 3.5     -   1M 450  -  -  -
Mixer (Ext-Excited)  100 -2    - 100 8.5     - 3.3     - 500K 425  -  -  -