[ARC5] BC-946

[Geoff]

But both are pentodes with lower efficiency and higher distortion than the 
later 6V6 in audio service.

For RF I use the 6V6 as a tripler and doubler to drive a 829B to 75W input 
on 6M AM. The oscillator was a 6AG7 which was rated the top crystal 
oscillator in a QST test. Worked all over the US and some good DX in the 
late 50's with a HB 4el yagi at about 25'.

Carl



> 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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