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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1B60 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Tunable TR gas-switching tube with integral cavity for microwave radar service. Its discharge protects the receiver and controls RF routing during pulsed operation.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B62 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Microwave gas-switching tube for transmit-receive systems. Its ionized discharge provides rapid RF-path control and receiver protection during pulsed radar operation.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B63 MicrowaveTRSwitch
X-band band-pass TR tube using an argon and water-vapor ionizable medium. Its discharge protects the radar receiver and controls microwave routing during transmission.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B63A MicrowaveTRSwitch
Fixed-tuned broadband transmit-receive microwave switching tube for radar duplexing. Gas-discharge action provides rapid receiver protection and RF-path control.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1B63B MicrowaveTRSwitch
Broadband transmit-receive microwave switching tube for radar systems. Its gas-discharge mechanism rapidly isolates the receiver during high-power transmitter pulses.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1C21 RelayControlSwitch
Cold-cathode glow-discharge relay tube for DC operation. Gas ionization provides abrupt electronic control without a heater, similar in function to the OA4-G.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- CANDELABRA2
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
1S22 MechanicalVacuumSwitch
High-vacuum electromechanical switching tube for rapid interruption of high-voltage, high-current circuits. It performs physical vacuum switching rather than gas-discharge or thermionic control.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
24B9 SparkGapPulseSwitch
Gas-filled triggered spark gap, or trigatron, for line-discharge modulators and high-power pulse switching. A trigger electrode initiates rapid conduction on command.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
24T12 ThermalDelaySwitch
Reverse-action vacuum thermal-delay switch. Heater warm-up mechanically changes the contact state after a time delay, providing sequencing and protection in electronic equipment.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
313C RelayControlSwitch
Three-electrode inert-gas cold-cathode control tube for relay and switching circuits. Gas ionization provides abrupt controlled conduction without a heater.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
313CA RelayControlSwitch
Three-electrode inert-gas cold-cathode control tube for relay and switching circuits. Its discharge provides abrupt controlled conduction without thermionic heating.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
313CC RelayControlSwitch
Three-electrode inert-gas cold-cathode control tube for relay and switching circuits. Gas-discharge action provides heaterless electronic control.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
359A RelayControlSwitch
Cold-cathode relay and control tube using gas-discharge conduction. It provides heaterless electronic switching for control and signaling circuits.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
372A Rectifier
Western Electric inert-gas cold-cathode tube for rectifier, relay, voltage-regulator, triggering, counting, and switching circuits. Its multifunction control role is broader than ordinary thermionic power rectification.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
376B Rectifier
Western Electric high-current inert-gas cold-cathode tube for rectifier, relay, voltage-regulator, triggering, counting, and switching service. It is fundamentally a multifunction control device.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
376C Rectifier
Western Electric high-current inert-gas cold-cathode tube for rectifier, relay, regulator, triggering, counting, and switching circuits. Its control function extends well beyond ordinary power rectification.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4013A ProtectiveFuse
Vacuum micro-fuse designed as a protective interruption device. It opens an electrical circuit under specified overload conditions while maintaining controlled insulation in a sealed vacuum envelope.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- EDISON
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
405A RelayControlSwitch
Three-electrode inert-gas cold-cathode relay tube for communication, triggering, counting, switching, and control circuits. Gas ionization provides abrupt heaterless conduction.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
411A RelayControlSwitch
Four-electrode inert-gas cold-cathode tube intended for relay service. Multiple electrodes provide controlled gas-discharge switching without a heater supply.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
413B RelayControlSwitch
Western Electric cold-cathode gas-discharge device for specialized switching and control. Gas ionization provides abrupt heaterless conduction useful for triggering and relay functions.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4152 ThermalDelaySwitch
Bimetal thermal relay providing a roughly 60–100 second timing interval at the documented heater current, intended for delayed switching and control functions in electronic equipment.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
415202 ThermalDelaySwitch
Philips bimetal thermal relay designed for timed switching applications, using heater-controlled mechanical action to provide delayed circuit operation.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
425A RelayControlSwitch
Four-electrode inert-gas-filled cold-cathode relay tube with isolated starter and main discharge gaps, providing electrical isolation between control and switched portions of a circuit.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
426A RelayControlSwitch
Three-electrode inert-gas-filled miniature cold-cathode tube for relay, regulator, rectifier, and control service, providing heaterless gas-discharge switching in communications and industrial equipment.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4349 SurgeProtector
Gas-discharge surge arrester designed to protect lines and electronic apparatus against transient overvoltage by conducting when the applied voltage exceeds its protective threshold.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4369 SurgeProtector
Gas-discharge surge arrester designed to protect lines and electronic apparatus against transient overvoltage by conducting when the applied voltage exceeds its protective threshold.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4370 SurgeProtector
Gas-discharge surge arrester designed to protect lines and electronic apparatus against transient overvoltage by conducting when the applied voltage exceeds its protective threshold.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4371 SurgeProtector
Gas-discharge surge arrester designed to protect lines and electronic apparatus against transient overvoltage by conducting when the applied voltage exceeds its protective threshold.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4372 SurgeProtector
Gas-discharge surge arrester designed to protect lines and electronic apparatus against transient overvoltage by conducting when the applied voltage exceeds its protective threshold.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4373 SurgeProtector
Gas-discharge surge arrester designed to protect lines and electronic apparatus against transient overvoltage by conducting when the applied voltage exceeds its protective threshold.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4380 SurgeProtector
Gas-discharge surge arrester designed to protect lines and electronic apparatus against transient overvoltage by conducting when the applied voltage exceeds its protective threshold.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4381 SurgeProtector
Gas-discharge surge arrester designed to protect lines and electronic apparatus against transient overvoltage by conducting when the applied voltage exceeds its protective threshold.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4390 SurgeProtector
Gas-discharge surge arrester designed to protect lines and electronic apparatus against transient overvoltage by conducting when the applied voltage exceeds its protective threshold.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4397 SurgeProtector
Gas-discharge surge arrester designed to protect lines and electronic apparatus against transient overvoltage by conducting when the applied voltage exceeds its protective threshold.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
439A CounterSelectorSwitch
Ten-stage cold-cathode gas-discharge stepping tube for continuous pulse counting and registration, providing both visual and electrical indication and supporting decade-chain operation.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
451A RelayControlSwitch
Four-electrode inert-gas-filled cold-cathode relay tube with isolated starter and main gaps, providing controlled gas-discharge switching with isolation between control and load circuits.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
4690 Thyratron
Philips 4690 helium-filled indirectly heated thyratron for relaxation oscillators and time-base switching, with 4 V 1.3 A heater, 500 V peak anode rating and P30-X base.
- Base
- P30-X
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 4 V
- Sections
- 1
5589 RelayControlSwitch
Three-electrode inert-gas-filled cold-cathode control tube with documented starter and anode operating characteristics, intended for heaterless relay and switching applications.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
5729 Other
Radial-beam tube for high-speed electronic switching, commutation, multiplexing, and telemetering. Its beam-deflection structure electronically selects among output paths without mechanical contacts.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
5730 Other
Radial-beam tube for high-speed electronic switching, commutation, multiplexing, and telemetering. Its beam-deflection structure electronically selects among output paths without mechanical contacts.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
5738 CounterSelectorSwitch
5738 specialized - switching tube electronic tube specifications and datasheets.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
5790 MicrowaveTRSwitch
High-Q integral-cavity tunable transmit-receive gas switching tube for high-definition radar, operating across approximately 33.815–35.905 GHz for microwave transmitter-receiver protection and duplexing.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
5791 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Fixed-tuned ATR gas switching tube covering approximately 34.160–35.560 GHz, designed for microwave duplexing and transmitter-receiver protection in radar systems.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
5792 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Fixed-tuned ATR gas switching tube covering approximately 2861–3039 MHz, designed for microwave duplexing systems and rated for megawatt-class transmitter peak power.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
5793 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Fixed-tuned ATR gas switching tube covering approximately 2958–3142 MHz, designed for microwave duplexing systems and rated for megawatt-class transmitter peak power.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
5823 Thyratron
Industrial cold-cathode glow-discharge triode for relay-control service in low-current on/off circuits. It provides heaterless electronic switching.
- Base
- 4CK
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
5853 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Band-pass transmit-receive gas switching tube for approximately 2.9–3.2 GHz microwave protection service, providing radar transmitter-receiver isolation and antenna duplexing.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
5864 MicrowaveTRSwitch
Broadband X-band ATR gas switching tube for transmitter-receiver antenna decoupling around 9.375 GHz, designed for radar duplexing and protection of sensitive receiver circuitry.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
