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Voltage Pentode ·Pentode

Z729GEC

Low-noise indirectly heated AF pentode, commercially equivalent to CV2801/EF86. General Electric documentation identifies it for sensitive audio-frequency voltage amplification where noise performance is a primary concern.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
B7A
Base pins
7
Nominal heater
-

Description

Low-noise indirectly heated AF pentode, commercial equivalent of CV2801/EF86.

Socket description

Septar 7-contact

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
B7A
Base pins
7
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

Pentode

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Promoted fields mapped semantically from printed ratings/characteristics headings; pulsed and microwave-specific limits remain in parameter rows when fixed-field semantics are ambiguous.

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

1968 General Electric Co

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Pentode

Capacitance

  • — Cgl—a 0

    -25 pF

    — Cgl—a 0-025 pF €gl—h 0-0025 pF

  • Cgl—all less a 4.0 p¥ Ca—all less g1

    55 pF

    Cgl—all less a 4.0 p¥ Ca—all less g1 55 pF

  • Cl 0

    -1 pF

    Cl 0-1pF