[Hallicrafters] SX-25 and Substitute for 6F6-G

[Jon Miccolis]

Hello all!  First of all I want to thank everybody who responded to my SX-28
capacitor questions and endured my gross ignorance on the subject!  I have
since changed a few caps and for now the receiver is performing well again but
there are future plans for a full recapping.

I have a questions in regard to a viable substitute for a 6f6-G in a sx25.  I
need to replace one - it tested positive for a short - and I have received
some conflicting information on the subject.  I don't have a tube substitution
guide so I asked a friend to look it up for me and I was told that as long as
I replace both tubes in the audio output stage I could use a type 6V6.  This
pleased me since I have several of those but no spare 6f6.  I looked at an
online tube database but it listed no such substitution.  In fact, it listed
that there was no substitution at all for a 6f6-g.  So, do I go with the 6v6
substitution, a different type, or just save the headache and buy a 6f6-g?  

73,
Jon KB9WVK