[Boatanchors] Other Tube Lore, 832 and 6BG6G WAS Is 4657 same animal as the 8072?

[Carl]

The 832 arrived in 1938 and the A during WW2. The 829 had no letter plus A 
and B versions. An offshoot is the 3E29 as well as the octal 815.

The 5894 started as the AX-9903 and wound up with several versions and sizes 
from 6524 to 7854. The Moto # were strictly a con job to convince unknowing 
customers to buy their highly inflated tubes.

Carl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Clarson" <mclarson at rcc.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 2:13 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Other Tube Lore,832 and 6BG6G WAS Is 4657 same animal 
as the 8072?


>I felt I was able to assist with the 8072, but there are two tube lines I 
>am
> curious about. First, is the twin beam power tubes, starting with the 832A
> (was there an 832?) to the 829B, to 5894 and then those odd ones Motorola
> used in the 100 watt VHF MOTRACs. There were a few others used in land
> mobile equipment by various manufacturers on UHF in the 50s and 60s.
>
> Next is the 807 and the 6BG6G (NOT the 6BG6GT or GB). The 807 we all know.
> The 6BG6G was an early sweep tube used in many of the early 50s RCA sets, 
> 17
> and 19 inches. Our family had one of these sets and the 6BG6G went bad. On
> removing the tube I noticed it looked a lot like an 807 but with an octal
> base. Tube manual indicated they were similar (One rated as a transmitting
> tube, the other as a sweep tube, so they were hard to compare directly).
> Anyway, since I had a few 807s, I wired up an adaptor and it worked just
> fine until we got rid of the TV.
>
> Anyone have any information on these two tube lines?
>
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