Electronic tube type
Hexode vacuum tubes
Hexode records in Tube Tinker cover 13 tube designations, including 55 preserved original datasheets. Compare bases, sockets, heater requirements, construction, exact variations, and directional replacement options.
- Tube records
- 13
- Original datasheets
- 55
- Variation families
- 0
- Tubes with alternatives
- 3
About Hexode tubes
Apply this type if the tube is a single section hexode
Electrical range
- Nominal heater voltage
- 2.4–20 V
- Nominal heater current
- 0.18–1.2 A
Common hexode characteristics
These are the most frequently recorded attributes among tubes in this category.
Bases
- 7GA2
- 7DF1
- P351
Sockets
- B7G4
- ACORN51
- B12C1
- B51
- B9A1
- P8A1
Constructions
- Hexode13
Hexode tube list
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12BN6 Hexode
Gated-beam hexode designed as a combined limiter, discriminator, and audio-voltage amplifier in intercarrier television and FM receivers.
- Base
- 7DF
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
1630 Hexode
Acorn orbital-beam hexode designed for UHF detector or RF-amplifier service, particularly experimental and radar receiving applications.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- ACORN5
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
2FS5 Hexode
Beam hexode designed as an RF amplifier in VHF television receivers.
- Base
- 7GA
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- 2.4 V
- Sections
- 1
2GU5 Hexode
Beam hexode designed for VHF radio-frequency amplifier service, a two-volt-heater version of the 6GU5.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- 2.4 V
- Sections
- 1
3FS5 Hexode
Beam hexode designed as an RF amplifier in VHF television receivers, differing from the 6FS5 primarily in heater characteristics.
- Base
- 7GA
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- 2.9 V
- Sections
- 1
6GU5 Hexode
Beam hexode designed specifically for VHF radio-frequency amplifier service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B12C
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
7548 Hexode
Secondary-emission hexode designed for fast pulse generators and pulse amplifiers, using current multiplication to produce rapid high-amplitude wavefronts.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
AH1 Hexode
Variable-control hexode designed for RF and IF amplifier service in fading-compensated radio receiver stages.
- Base
- P35
- Socket
- P8A
- Heater
- 4 V
- Sections
- 1
AH100 Hexode
German triode valve with published operating data and limiting ratings; available source material does not establish a narrower functional role confidently.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 4 V
- Sections
- 1
B2049 Hexode
Variable-mu hexode documented for receiving-equipment service; available source does not establish a more specific functional application.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 20 V
- Sections
- 1
E449 Hexode
Variable-mu hexode documented with receiving-tube operating characteristics; available source does not establish a narrower functional application.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B5
- Heater
- 4 V
- Sections
- 1
EH2 Hexode
Variable-mu heptode documented in the source table; despite its current hexode section assignment, available application detail is insufficient for a narrower functional classification.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
RENS1834 Hexode
Variable-control fading-compensation hexode designed for RF and IF amplifier service in radio receivers.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 4 V
- Sections
- 1