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Power - Beam (NOT sweep) (over 1000V 100W) ·BeamPower

6166A

High-power coaxial beam tube for VHF RF and television transmitting service, using forced-air cooling and specialized high-frequency construction.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
IO
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
5 V / 168 A

Description

High-power beam-power tube for RF, pulse, or transmitting service. The supplied datasheet was reviewed for heater/filament data, maximum ratings, operating conditions, capacitances, pulse/RF data, and thermal limits.

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
-
Nominal heater voltage
5 V
Nominal heater current
168 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
Max plate voltage
7500 V
Max screen voltage
2000 V
Max plate dissipation
12000 W

Representative electrical section from supplied RCA data sheet.

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

1971 RCA HB3 Binder 6 of 7

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Beam Power

Characteristics

  • 12-KW PLATE DISSIPATION IN CW OR TV SERVICE UP TO 220 Mc — published value 1

    12 MHz

    CW

  • 12-KW PLATE DISSIPATION IN CW OR TV SERVICE UP TO 220 Mc — published value 2

    220 MHz

    CW

  • Voltage (AC or DC)• — published value 1

    5

    Published datasheet value

  • Voltage (AC or DC)• — published value 2

    5

    Published datasheet value

  • Current at heater volts = 5 — published value 1

    5 A

    Published datasheet value

  • Current at heater volts = 5 — published value 2

    168 A

    Published datasheet value

  • Cold resistance — published value 1

    0 ohm

    Published datasheet value

  • Cold resistance — published value 2

    38 ohm

    Published datasheet value

  • for plate volts = 2000, grid-No.2

    2000

    Published datasheet value

  • volts = 1000, and plateamperes= 2 — published value 1

    1000 A

    Published datasheet value

  • volts = 1000, and plateamperes= 2 — published value 2

    2 A

    Published datasheet value

  • volts = 1000, and plateamperes= 2 — published value 3

    10 A

    Published datasheet value

  • Grid No.l to filament

    42 pF

    Published datasheet value

  • Grid No.1 to grid No 2 — published value 1

    2 pF

    Published datasheet value

  • Grid No.1 to grid No 2 — published value 2

    65 pF

    Published datasheet value

  • Grid No.2 to plate

    22 pF

    Published datasheet value

  • t'empe rat ure of 45° C for various plate dissipations, as

    45

    Published datasheet value

  • Minimum air flow — published value 1

    550 cfm

    Published datasheet value

  • Minimum air flow — published value 2

    350 cfm

    Published datasheet value

  • Minimum air flow — published value 3

    230 cfm

    Published datasheet value

  • Minimum air flow — published value 4

    175 cfm

    Published datasheet value

  • To grid -Xo.2 terminal

    50 cfm

    Published datasheet value

  • and filament terminals

    50 cfm

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Plate Voltage

    5800

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2 Voltage

    1200

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.l Voltage

    -130

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2 Current (Pedestal Level)

    207 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Plate-to-Grid-No.1 Voltage

    6400

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2-to-Grid-No.l Voltage

    800

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Cathode-to-Grid-No.l Voltage

    90

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2 Current (Pedestal Level)

    175 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Peak RF Grid-No.1 Voltage

    375

    Published datasheet value

  • OC Grid-No.2 Current (Pedestal Level)

    148 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Plate Voltage

    7000

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.l Voltage'

    -125

    Published datasheet value

  • Zero-Signal DC Plate Current

    200 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Zero-Signal DC Grid-No.2 Current

    0 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Effective RF Load Resistance

    1350 ohm

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Plate Voltage

    4800

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2 Voltage (Modulated 100%1' — published value 1

    100

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2 Voltage (Modulated 100%1' — published value 2

    1

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2 Voltage (Modulated 100%1' — published value 3

    800

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.l Voltaget

    -300

    Published datasheet value

  • Peak RF Grid-No.1 Voltage

    550

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Plate Current

    1.8 A

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2 Current

    160 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.l Current (Approx

    180 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Driver Power Output (Approx.)

    125 W

    Published datasheet value

  • Useful Power Output (Approx.)

    6000 W

    Published datasheet value

  • DC GRID-No.1 VOLTAGE

    -1 A

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Plate Voltage — published value 1

    6600

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Plate Voltage — published value 2

    7000

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2 Voltage° — published value 1

    1200

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2 Voltage° — published value 2

    1200

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.l Voltage — published value 1

    -310

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.l Voltage — published value 2

    -310

    Published datasheet value

  • Peak RF Grid-No.l Voltage — published value 1

    560

    Published datasheet value

  • Peak RF Grid-No.l Voltage — published value 2

    560

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Plate Current — published value 1

    2.75 A

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Plate Current — published value 2

    2.75 A

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2 Current — published value 1

    300 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.2 Current — published value 2

    300 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.l Current (Approx. l — published value 1

    140 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • DC Grid-No.l Current (Approx. l — published value 2

    140 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Driver Power Output (Approx.)!t — published value 1

    95 W

    Published datasheet value

  • Driver Power Output (Approx.)!t — published value 2

    750 W

    Published datasheet value

Other

  • Grid No.1 to plate

    0.6 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Plate to filament

    0.08 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Incoming-Air Temperature

    50 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • No.2, and plate

    180 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • DC PLATE VOLTAGE

    7.5 A

    Published datasheet value

  • DC GRID-No.2 VOLTAGE

    2 A

    Published datasheet value

  • DC PLATE CURRENT

    4 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • PLATE INPUT

    24 A

    Published datasheet value

  • GRID-No.2 INPUT

    400 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • PLATE DISSIPATION

    12 A

    Published datasheet value

  • GRID-No.l DISSIPATION

    300 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Typical Operation in Grid-Drive Circuit at 216 Mc

    216 MHz

    GridDrive

  • Typical Operation in Cathode-Drive Circuit at 216 Mc

    216 MHz

    Published datasheet value

  • GRID-No.1 DISSIPATION

    300 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Typical Operation in Grid-Drive Circuit at 216 Nc

    216

    GridDrive

  • MAX.-SIGNAL DC PLATE CURRENT

    2.8 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • MAX.-SIGNAL DC GRID-No.l CURRENT

    0.6 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • MAX.-SIGNAL PLATE INPUT

    20 A

    Published datasheet value

  • MAX.-SIGNAL GRID-No.2 INPUT

    400 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Max.-Signal DC Plate Current

    2.75 A

    Published datasheet value

  • Max.-Signal DC Grid-No.2 Current — published value 1

    0 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Max.-Signal DC Grid-No.2 Current — published value 2

    26 A

    Published datasheet value

  • Max.-Signal DC Grid-No.1 Current

    80 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • Max.-Signal Peak RF Grid-No.1 Voltage

    305

    Published datasheet value

  • Max.-Signal Power Output (Approx )

    12000 W

    Published datasheet value

  • DC PLATE VOLTAGE

    5.5 A

    Published datasheet value

  • DC GRID-No.l VOLTAGE

    -1 A

    Published datasheet value

  • DC PLATE CURRENT

    2 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • DC GRID-No.l CURRENT

    0.6 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • PLATE INPUT

    10 A

    Published datasheet value

  • GRID-No.2 INPUT

    270 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • PLATE DISSIPATION

    8 A

    Published datasheet value

  • DC PLATE CURRENT

    3 mA

    Published datasheet value

  • PLATE INPUT

    20 A

    Published datasheet value