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RD20XL

Tesla coaxial shortwave power triode for RF oscillators, FM broadcast transmitters, television linear amplifiers, and industrial generators. Its 20 kW anode dissipation supports economical operation to about 100 MHz.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
9.5 V / 180 A

Description

The TESLA RD20XL tube is an air-cooled Die TESLA-Rohre RD20XL ist eine luft- coaxial short-wave triode of 20 kW anode gekůhlte, koaxiale Kurzwellentriode : mit dissipation, suitable for use as an oscillator 20 kW Anodenverlustleistung, geeignet zur or RF power amplifier especially in short- Verwendung als Oszillator und Hochfre- wave FM broadcast transmitters, where it guenz-Kraftverstárker, insbesondere n operates economically at freguencies up to Kurzwellen-Rundfunksendern mit Freguenz- 100 Mc/s; it is suitable also for application modulation, wo sie bis zu einer Freguenz as a class B linear amplifier in TV transmit- von 100 MHz wirtschaftlich arbeitet; sehr ters, in industrial generators, etc. gut geeignet ist die Rohre auch zum Einsatz als linearer Klasse-B-Verstiárker in Fernseh- sendern, als Oszillator ín Industriegenera- toren u. a.

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
9.5 V
Nominal heater current
180 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

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Transconductance
0.045 S
Amplification factor
45
Max plate dissipation
20000 W

Promoted fields populated from published maximum-ratings/characteristic tables where OCR semantics were unambiguous.

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

195X Tesla

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Triode

Characteristics

  • Heater voltage

    9.5 V

    Nominal or midpoint of published heater range

  • Heater current

    180 A

    Nominal or midpoint of published heater range

Other

  • Maximum anode dissipation

    20000 W

    Published tube rating

Capacitance

  • Interelectrode capacitance Ca/g

    50 pF

    Published source value

  • Interelectrode capacitance Cg/k

    75 pF

    Published source value