TubePad 6.0 Tube Chart

Quick Reference Data

Name: 955
Use:
Glass tube type developed for use with VHF circuitry for RF amplification and detections service. Was used extensively in superregenerative receivers and early strip-line transmitters.
Notes: Requires an 5-pin "acorn" socket.


 955
Medium-Mu "Acorn" Triode

Data Source= GE-73
Heater or Filament Voltage= 6.3 volts
Heater or Filament Current= 0.15 amperes
EIA Base= 5BC
Substitutes= None


Capacitances and Design Maximum Values:

C/in. . . . . . . . . . . .      1.0 pf
C/out . . . . . . . . . . .      0.4 pf
C/gp. . . . . . . . . . . .      1.3 pf
Plate Dissipation . . . . .      1.6 watts
Maximum Plate Voltage . . .      180 volts
Maximum Plate Current . . .        8 ma
Maximum Grid Current. . . .      2.0 ma
Maximum Frequency . . . . .      250 MHz


Typical Operation as a Receiving Tube                   

Description          Ep    Eg  Es  Is  Ip     Rp   TC    AF  Zl    PO
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Class A Amplifier   250    -7   -   -  6.3  11.4K  2200  25   -     -
Class A Amplifier   180  -5.0   -   -  4.5  12.5K  2000  25 20K 0.135
Class A Amplifier    90  -2.5   -   -  2.5  14.7K  1700  25   -     -

As a Transmitting Tube

Class of Service     Ep    Eg  EgMax Ip  IpMax Ig  Drive   Zl  PO
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Class C Osc/Amp     180   -35   -     7    -   1.5   -     -   0.5