[Hallicrafters] 5894 Tube for the HA-6 Transverter

[Jim Wilhite]

To operate horizontally, the plates of the 5894/8643 must be 
mounted in the vertical plane.

Jim/W5JO




> The 5894 is operated horizontally in more applications
> than vertically.  All of the Motorola Motrac units
> that use the 5894 and 8643 tubes have them
> horizontally mounted.  Same thing in many other
> commercial FM units.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
>
> --- David  Thompson <thompson at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>
> Only thing I disliked about the SSB-100A was the tube
> was mounted horizontally but guess the 5894 series is
> a hearty tube as most Eldico owners had good luck with
> them and no element sag.
>