Power - Beam (NOT sweep) ·BeamPower-Diode-Triode
1B8GT
Directly heated portable-receiver combination tube containing diode detector, triode audio voltage amplifier, and beam-power output sections for compact battery-operated radios.
- Sections
- 3
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- IO
- Base pins
- 8
- Nominal heater
- 1.4 V / 100 mA
Description
Directly heated combination diode, triode, and power-amplifier pentode with separate Class-A triode and pentode operating data.
Socket description
International Octal
General specifications
Tube and section characteristics
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Heater and base
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- IO
- Base pins
- 8
- Nominal heater voltage
- 1.4 V
- Nominal heater current
- 100 mA
- Parallel heater voltage
- -
- Parallel heater current
- -
- Series capable
- No
Terminal pinout
Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.
No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.
Section ratings
3 physical sections, each with unique specifications.
Section 1
Beam Power
- Transconductance
- 0.00115 S
Published ratings and characteristics promoted where clearly legible in the approved source.
Section 2
Triode
- Plate resistance
- 240000 Ω
- Transconductance
- 0.000275 S
Published ratings and characteristics promoted where clearly legible in the approved source.
Section 3
Diode
No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.
Published ratings and characteristics promoted where clearly legible in the approved source.
Source-dependent data
Operating conditions by source
Each block preserves the test conditions and published values from one reference. Values from different sources are intentionally kept separate.
