TubePad 6.0 Tube Chart

Quick Reference Data

Name: 6V6GT
Use:
Glass octal tube type used as output amplifiers in automobile, battery-operated, and other receivers in which reduced plate-current drain is desirable. It is equivalent in performance to type 6AQ5. Refer to type 6AQ5 for characteristic curves.
Notes: Requires an octal socket and may be mounted in any position.


6V6GT
Beam Power Pentode

Characteristics
Data Source. . . . . . . . . RC-15 & RC-29
Heater or Filament Voltage . 6.3 volts
Heater or Filament Current . 0.45 amperes
EIA Base . . . . . . . . . . 7AC
Substitutes. . . . . . . . . 7408 1614  6L6G


Capacitances and Design Maximum Values:

C/in. . . . . . . . . . . .      9.5 pf
C/out . . . . . . . . . . .      7.5 pf
C/gp. . . . . . . . . . . .      0.7 pf
Plate Dissipation . . . . .       12 watts
Screen Dissipation. . . . .        2 watts
Maximum Plate Voltage . . .      315 volts
Maximum Screen Voltage. . .      285 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 Amp 180  -8.5  8.5 180   3    4  29   30 58K  3700  - 5.5K   2
Class A Amp 250 -12.5 12.5 250 4.5    7  45   47 52K  4100  -   5K 4.5
Class A Amp 315   -13   13 225 2.2    6  34   35 77K  3750  - 8.5K 5.5
Class AB1   250   -15   30 250   5   13  70   79 60K  3750  -  10K  10
Class AB1   285   -19   38 285   4 13.5  70   92 65K  3600  -   8K  14

Typical Operation as a Transmitting Tube

Class of Service Ep  Es Esup Eg EgMax Ip IpMax Is IsMax Ig Drive Zl Po
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Class C Amp/Osc 300 200   - -45   -   60   -   7.5  -   2.5 0.3   - 12
Class C Mod Amp 
        (Plate) 250 200   - -45   -   60   -    6   -   2   0.4   - 10