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YL1030

Quick-heating double tetrode for mobile VHF/UHF transmitters, usable as an RF power amplifier or frequency multiplier. Its paired sections deliver useful transmitter power into the several-hundred-megahertz region while minimizing warm-up delay in intermittent service.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
-

Description

The Mullard YL1030 is a quick-heating VHF/UHF double tetrode for mobile RF amplification and frequency multiplication.

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
-
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

Tetrode

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Max plate voltage
750 V
Max plate dissipation
20 W

Representative of two identical RF-power tetrode sections.

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

1963 Mullard

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Tetrode

Other

  • Maximum Operating Frequency

    500 MHz

  • Maximum Plate Voltage

    750 V

  • Maximum Plate Dissipation

    20 W

    EachSection

  • RF Output Power

    85 W

    RepresentativePublishedMaximum

  • RF Output Power

    64 W

    ClassC; Telephony; 180MHz

  • RF Output Power

    85 W

    ClassC; TelegraphyOrFMTelephony; 180MHz

  • Maximum Plate Voltage

    500 V

    f=500MHz