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6K7

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ID = 594
       
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Brand: Common type USA tube/semicond.
Developer: RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY) 
Tube type:  Vacuum Pentode   RF/IF-Stage   Controlling (mu) 
Identical to 6K7 = 6К7 = US6K7 = US-6K7 = VT-86 = CV1942 = 38567K
Similar Tubes
Other shape (e.g. bulb type):
  6K7EG ; 6K7G ; 6K7GM ; 6K7GT ; 6K7MG
Other class quality (otherwise equal):
  5732
Heater different:
  11K7 ; 12K7
First year 1935 -- Collector info (Sammler) < 400 models in 1935, some with dated ads.
First Source (s)
Aug.1935 : Electron Tube Registration List
Predecessor Tubes 78  
Successor Tubes 1938   6SK7   6K7GT   6S7  

Base Octal (Int.Octal, IO) K8A, USA 1935 (Codex=Uf) Top contact with a cap.
Was used by Radio/TV-reception etc.
Filament Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.3 Ampere / Indirect / Specified voltage AND current AC/DC
Tube prices 7 Tube prices (visible for members only)
Information source Essential Characteristics, GE 1973   
Tube Lore (II)   p. 63 & 183
Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49
Babani, International Radio Tube Encyclopaedia

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6K7: Courtesy Bureau Belper (De Muiderkring, Bussum), Scan Frank Philipse
Anonymous 10 Collector

374_28~~4.png 6K7: Telefunken Werkstattbuch
Wolfgang Bauer

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Just Qvigstad
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6K7: RCA
Dietrich Grötzer

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Usage in Models 1= 1934 ; 22= 1935?? ; 95= 1935? ; 410= 1935 ; 88= 1936?? ; 191= 1936? ; 838= 1936 ; 103= 1937?? ; 136= 1937? ; 706= 1937 ; 175= 1938?? ; 401= 1938? ; 1028= 1938 ; 144= 1939?? ; 118= 1939? ; 430= 1939 ; 101= 1940?? ; 51= 1940? ; 155= 1940 ; 20= 1941?? ; 21= 1941? ; 66= 1941 ; 26= 1942?? ; 35= 1942? ; 19= 1942 ; 4= 1943?? ; 3= 1943? ; 4= 1943 ; 4= 1944?? ; 3= 1944? ; 19= 1944 ; 20= 1945?? ; 23= 1945? ; 36= 1945 ; 20= 1946?? ; 10= 1946? ; 84= 1946 ; 30= 1947?? ; 12= 1947? ; 51= 1947 ; 34= 1948?? ; 33= 1948? ; 45= 1948 ; 7= 1949?? ; 12= 1949? ; 30= 1949 ; 100= 1950?? ; 16= 1950? ; 22= 1950 ; 17= 1951?? ; 3= 1951? ; 32= 1951 ; 8= 1952?? ; 1= 1952? ; 16= 1952 ; 3= 1953?? ; 7= 1954?? ; 1= 1954? ; 8= 1954 ; 10= 1955?? ; 1= 1955? ; 1= 1955 ; 2= 1956?? ; 2= 1956? ; 1= 1956 ; 1= 1957?? ; 1= 1958?? ; 2= 1958? ; 1= 1958 ; 1= 1959? ; 3= 9999

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):6124


Collection of

 
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6K7
 

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Forum contributions about this tube
6K7
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6K7 (6K7)
Jan Terranea
11.Oct.10
  1

Looking at the data about the 6K7 tube I saw the VT100 GB mentioned as an equivalent.

This VT100 GB stands for a Valve Transmitting and it is a triode, similair to the HL1320.

The British military equivalent of 6K7 is CV1942, according to the British CV-register.

My proposal is to correct the data.

Regards, Jan Terranea.

Roy Johnson
11.Oct.10
  2

Thank you, Jan.

There were a number of problems here!  I have, hopefully corrected most.

The VT100 was a telephony tube close to the CV1670, HL1320, HL13C

The VT100_GB is now renamed to VT100.  The convention we adopted was to use the suffix for the more uncommon tubes - in this case the TekaDe VT100.

There are sometimes 3 or 4 with the same apparent name.  We separate the USA VT types by the hyphen - so the VT-100 is the 807.

I write this for the benefit of other readers as I know that you are more than fully aware!

Thanks again for the helpful comments, there are still many errors which I come across and we shall slowly get a more accurate data base. Unfortunately there are errors in some of the original documents used and in the interpretation of later ones.  Great care is needed and whenever possible reference to manufacturers' data is used.

Regards,

Roy

 
6K7
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