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21DKP4A

Twenty-one-inch rectangular television picture tube with an aluminized P4 screen and controlled-warm-up 300 mA heater. Its high-voltage anode system is rated around 18 kV for direct-view monochrome receiver service.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
B7G
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
6.3 V / 300 mA

Description

Twenty-one-inch rectangular television picture tube with a controlled-warm-up 300 mA heater and aluminized P4 screen.

Socket description

Miniature 7-contact

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
B7G
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
6.3 V
Nominal heater current
300 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

1 physical section, each with unique specifications.

Section 1

Cathode Ray

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Max plate voltage
18000 V

Published electrical limits promoted from the source. Passive microwave reference cavities have their electrical frequency/Q values in TUBE_SECTION_PARAMETER because no applicable promoted frequency field exists in the fixed section schema.

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.

Data set 01

1947 Westinghouse

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Other

  • HeaterVoltageNominal

    6.3 V

    Nominal

  • HeaterCurrentNominal

    300 mA

    Nominal

  • MaximumElectrodeOrAnodeVoltage

    18000 V

Characteristic

  • Heater Warmup Time

    18 s

    Controlled warm-up