Power - Triode (over 1000V 100W) ·Triode
GL880
Very-high-power General Electric transmitting triode with approximately 20 kW plate dissipation and 10.5 kV plate capability. Its ratings place it firmly in large professional RF power service.
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- -
- Nominal heater
- 12.6 V / 320 A
Description
Three-electrode power tube for radio-frequency amplification, oscillation, and Class B modulation.
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
- 12.6 V
- Nominal heater current
- 320 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
Triode
- Max plate voltage
- 10500 V
- Max plate dissipation
- 20000 W
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.