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8443

Compact five-inch direct-view half-tone storage tube designed primarily for airborne radar. It combines persistent image storage with tonal information for radar presentation in aircraft.

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

Description

The Machlett ML-8443 is a compact five-inch direct-view half-tone storage tube designed primarily for airborne radar.

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

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

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Cathode-ray/storage display structure. The fixed promoted fields are not semantically applicable; published view-screen and electron-gun ratings are preserved in parameters.

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 Machlette Laboratories

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Other

  • Maximum view-screen voltage

    11000 V

  • Maximum view-screen dissipation

    10 W