Specialized tube type
Specialized - Switching Tube vacuum tubes
Specialized - Switching Tube records in Tube Tinker cover 572 tube designations, including 1,020 preserved original datasheets. Compare bases, sockets, heater requirements, construction, exact variations, and directional replacement options.
- Tube records
- 572
- Original datasheets
- 1,020
- Variation families
- 18
- Tubes with alternatives
- 23
About Specialized - Switching Tube tubes
If the tube is described as a switching tube, transmit/receive etc. then apply this type.
Electrical range
- Nominal heater voltage
- 0–27 V
- Nominal heater current
- 0–1,800 A
Common specialized - switching tube characteristics
These are the most frequently recorded attributes among tubes in this category.
Bases
- B12E2
- B7G2
- Duodecal2
- Special 13-pin2
- 4CK1
- 4V1
- 6AR1
- 9AD1
Sockets
- B9A23
- UX415
- IO12
- B7G11
- B12A5
- SK1005
- B26A4
- B13B2
Constructions
- MicrowaveTRSwitch215
- SparkGapPulseSwitch80
- CounterSelectorSwitch37
- Tetrode37
- Thyratron37
- RelayControlSwitch33
- SurgeProtector33
- BeamSwitchingCommutator18
Specialized - Switching Tube tube list
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0A4G Thyratron
Cold-cathode gas relay tube for heaterless electronic control. Gas ionization provides abrupt conduction for relay, trigger, and switching circuits.
- Base
- 4V
- Socket
- IO
- Heater
- 0 V
- Sections
- 1
0A5 Thyratron
Cold-cathode gas-discharge electronic switch. Ionization provides abrupt heaterless conduction for trigger and control circuits.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
10TC4 Thyratron
Cold-cathode gas switching tube for 220-volt AC control and relay applications. Gas-discharge operation provides heaterless electronic switching.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
10TC9 Thyratron
Cold-cathode gas switching tube for telephone and remote-control circuits on DC supplies. Its heaterless discharge provides reliable relay-like electronic control.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- SPECIALMINI4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
10TE9 Thyratron
Cold-cathode gas switching tube with two auxiliary paths for telephone and remote-control switching. Gas discharge provides heaterless control conduction.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1267 Thyratron
Mullard 1267 cold-cathode gas-filled triggered switching triode with starter electrode, 225 V maximum operating anode voltage and 25 mA maximum continuous cathode current.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- IO
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1824A MicrowaveTRSwitch
Integral-cavity tunable gas TR switch for pulsed microwave duplexers, protecting the receiver across approximately 8.49–9.6 GHz during transmitter pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1835A MicrowaveTRSwitch
Broadband integral-cavity gas ATR switch for pulsed microwave duplexers, isolating transmitter and receiver paths across approximately 9.0–9.6 GHz.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1837 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Broadband anti-TR gas switch for pulsed microwave circuits, decoupling the transmitter from a common transmit/receive antenna during non-transmitting intervals.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1838 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 1.9 V
- Sections
- 1
1844 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1856 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1858 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1863A MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1960 SurgeProtector
RCA protective breakdown tube for AC circuits, conducting when voltage exceeds its threshold to protect associated equipment from excessive voltage.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1961 SurgeProtector
RCA protective breakdown tube for higher-voltage AC circuits, conducting at a defined threshold to protect associated equipment from excessive voltage.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B22 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B23 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B24 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B24A MicrowaveTRSwitch
Narrow-band tunable gas-filled TR switch for X-band microwave systems, using ignitor-assisted discharge to protect the receiver during transmitter pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B25 SurgeProtector
Gas-discharge protective tube that breaks down near 160 V to protect circuits against excessive voltage.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B26 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled tunable TR protective tube for microwave receiver protection across approximately 23.83–24.58 GHz.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B27 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B29 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B31 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B32 SurgeProtector
Two-electrode gas-filled spark-gap protective tube with approximately 1 kV initial breakdown voltage, intended for overvoltage protection rather than commanded pulse switching.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B34 SparkGapPulseSwitch
Gas-filled series spark-gap pulse switch rated for approximately 6.5 kV initial breakdown and 120 A peak current.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B35 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Two-electrode cold-cathode ATR microwave gap for duplexer switching and isolation, characterized by microwave wavelength and VSWR performance.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B36 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B37 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B38 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Two-electrode cold-cathode pre-TR microwave gap for pulsed duplexer protection, characterized by microwave wavelength and VSWR performance.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B40 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Argon-filled separate-cavity microwave gas switch for pulsed transmitter/receiver switching and protection service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B41 SparkGapPulseSwitch
Gas-filled cold-cathode series spark-gap diode designed specifically for line-type pulser switching.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B42 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Gas-filled microwave TR/ATR switching tube for pulsed transmitter/receiver duplexer service, protecting or isolating receiver and transmitter paths during radar pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B43 SparkGapPulseSwitch
Gas-filled spark-gap pulse-switching tube with a specified ignition-voltage range for controlled high-voltage breakdown service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B44 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Fixed-tuned argon-filled ATR gas switching tube for microwave duplexer switching and receiver-protection service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B45 SparkGapPulseSwitch
Gas-filled cold-cathode series spark gap for high-voltage pulse switching. Ionization produces abrupt conduction for discharging pulse-forming networks and related high-energy circuits.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B49 SparkGapPulseSwitch
Gas-filled cold-cathode series spark gap for high-voltage pulse switching. Its discharge action provides rapid conduction in pulse-forming and high-energy switching circuits.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B50 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Tunable transmit-receive gas-switching tube with integral microwave cavity. It isolates and protects the radar receiver during transmitter pulses while permitting received signals between pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B51 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Anti-TR gas-switching tube for microwave radar duplexing. Its ionized discharge controls RF paths between transmitter, antenna, and receiver during pulsed operation.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B52 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Microwave gas-switching tube for radar transmit-receive systems. Gas-discharge switching rapidly changes RF path conditions during transmitter pulses and receiver intervals.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B53 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Fixed-tuned argon anti-TR gas-switching tube for microwave radar duplexing. Its discharge controls RF isolation and signal routing during pulsed transmit-receive operation.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B54 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Broadband non-tunable pre-TR gas-switching tube with integral microwave cavity. It provides rapid protective RF switching in radar transmit-receive systems.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B55 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Broadband TR gas-switching tube designed to protect and decouple a radar receiver during transmission. Its gas discharge rapidly changes microwave-path impedance.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B56 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Fixed-tuned ATR gas-switching tube for microwave radar service. Gas-discharge action controls RF routing and isolation during pulsed transmit-receive operation.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B57 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Fixed-tuned ATR gas-switching tube for microwave radar service. Its discharge rapidly changes RF path conditions during transmitter and receiver intervals.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B58 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Band-pass TR gas-switching tube for microwave radar duplexing. Gas-discharge action protects the receiver and controls the RF path during transmitter pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B58A MicrowaveTRSwitch
Special-purpose microwave TR switching tube of the 1B58 family. Its gas-discharge structure provides rapid transmit-receive isolation and receiver protection.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
