[ARC5] BC-946

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The electrical equivalent in 6 volt to the 12A6 is the 6K6 (if for example 
you want to convert a receiver to 12V without any rewiring).

In a message dated 04/29/2014 15:29:31 PM Central Daylight Time, 
ianmwilson73 at gmail.com writes: 
> Possibly not the reason for the substitution, but the 6V6 has higher
> plate dissipation and can provide more audio power (4.5W with a
> plate load of 5k) compared to the 12A6 (3.5W / 7.5k) with 250V
> supplies.
> 
> (When I was looking for alternative tubes to use in a Paraset
> lookalike, I hoped the 12A6 was the answer - but you can squeeze
> quite a bit more RF power out of a crystal-controlled self-oscillating
> 6V6 than a 12A6).
> 
> 73, ian K3IMW
> 

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