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6146W

Ruggedized military 6146-family beam-power transmitting tube designed for reliable RF power service under severe environmental and mechanical conditions.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar

Sections: 1
Base: -
Socket code: IO
Base pins: 8
Nominal heater: 6.3 V / 1.25 A

Description

Rugged high-reliability RF transmitting beam power tube for Class-C and linear power-amplifier service.

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: 6.3 V
Nominal heater current: 1.25 A
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

Beam Power

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

Transconductance: 0.007 S
Amplification factor: 4.5
Max plate voltage: 750 V
Max screen voltage: 250 V
Max plate dissipation: 25 W
Max screen dissipation: 3 W
Max cathode current: 135 mA

Published electrical limits and characteristics promoted from the approved source; identical repeated sections compressed where applicable.

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

1968 Mazda Belvu

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Beam Power

Other

HeaterVoltageNominal
6.3 V
Nominal
HeaterCurrentNominal
1.25 A
Nominal
Maximum Plate Voltage
750 V
Maximum Screen Voltage
250 V
Maximum Plate Dissipation
25 W
Maximum Screen Dissipation
3 W
Maximum Cathode Current
135 mA
RFOutputPower
82 W
TwoTubes; ClassC; 600 V plate
MaximumPlateVoltageICAS
750 V
ICAS

Characteristic

Transconductance
7000 µS
Typical