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MW392

Direct-view monochrome television picture tube with magnetic beam scanning and high-voltage operation. Manufacturer documentation identifies it for television receiver service and provides the applicable screen, focusing, and deflection construction.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
VII
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
4 V / 1.2 A

Description

Large white-screen cathode-ray tube for television receivers with double magnetic deflection and magnetic concentration.

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
VII
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
4 V
Nominal heater current
1.2 A
Parallel heater voltage
-
Parallel heater current
-
Series capable
No

VII - 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.

Promoted only where a fixed schema field matched the source semantics; all other published operating, capacitance, CRT, converter, and output data are preserved in TUBE_SECTION_PARAMETER.

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

1938 Philips Miniwatt Vacuum Tube Catalog

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Construction

  • Screen phosphor color

    White

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  • Deflection

    Double magnetic

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Other

  • Maximum screen diameter

    395 mm

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  • Greatest overall length maximum

    745 mm

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  • Greatest overall length minimum

    700 mm

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  • Maximum third-anode voltage

    6000 V

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  • Second-anode focusing

    Magnetic concentration

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  • Maximum first-anode voltage

    250 V

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  • Maximum grid bias for ray suppression

    -60 V

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  • Operating third-anode voltage

    5000 V

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  • Operating first-anode voltage

    250 V

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  • Magnetic-concentration coil turns approximately

    500 turns

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  • Concentration-coil center distance from lower edge of base

    140 mm

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  • Deflection-coil center distance to screen

    540 mm

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Characteristic

  • Magnetic deflection sensitivity N1

    2.3 mm/(cm·G)

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  • Magnetic deflection sensitivity N2

    2.3 mm/(cm·G)

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