Antique radios, Old Time Radios

6AU6

ID = 2115

Country:

Worldwide

Brand:	Common type Worldwide tube/semicond. Common type Worldwide tube/semicond. RCA Victor Radio S.A., São Paulo Bentley Acoustic Corp. Ltd., The; London Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt
Developer:	RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
Tube type:	Vacuum Pentode RF/IF-Stage

Identical to

6AU6 = EF94 = 6Ж4П = 6P2 = CV2524

Similar Tubes

Normally replaceable-slightly different:

6AU6A ; 6J4_China ; 8425 ; M3622

Other class quality (otherwise equal):

6136 ; 6AU6W ; 6AU6WA ; 6AU6WC ; 7543

Heater different:

12AU6 ; 8425A ; CV1961

First year

1946 Mass market introduction most probably 1946.

First Source (s)

25.Oct.1945 : Electron Tube Registration List

23.Oct.1945 : - - Manufacturers Literature RCA Data sheet

Predecessor Tubes

6SH7 7G7 7V7 7L7 7W7

Successor Tubes

6AU6A 6136 8425 8426

Base

Miniatur-7-Pin-Base B7G, USA 1940 (Codex=Za)

Was used by

Radio/TV-reception etc.

Filament

Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.3 Ampere / Indirect / Specified voltage AND current AC/DC

Description

RF-IF sharp cutoff amplifier.

+/- 90 V max peak heater to cathode insulation, uprated to +100/-180 V from June 1951. Further uprating to +/- 200 V in January 1960.

For use in sets with series connected heaters superseded by 6AU6A since November 1956.

* RMA/JEDEC register record available by courtesy of TCA* - Full record is downloadable here.

Tube prices

4 Tube prices (visible for members only)

Information source

Essential Characteristics, GE 1973
Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49
- - Manufacturers Literature

6AU6: Courtesy Bureau Belper (De Muiderkring, Bussum), Scan Frank Philipse Anonymous 10 Collector
6AU6: ARRL Handbook 1972 Anonymous 10 Collector More ...	Just Qvigstad	6AU6: Audio-u.Hifi-Röhren R.zur Linde Günther Stabe † 19.8.20 More ...

Usage in Models

1= 1946?? ; 1= 1946? ; 15= 1946 ; 1= 1947?? ; 4= 1947? ; 35= 1947 ; 5= 1948?? ; 50= 1948? ; 129= 1948 ; 4= 1949?? ; 178= 1949? ; 204= 1949 ; 35= 1950?? ; 452= 1950? ; 234= 1950 ; 7= 1951?? ; 1100= 1951? ; 105= 1951 ; 24= 1952?? ; 841= 1952? ; 107= 1952 ; 12= 1953?? ; 103= 1953? ; 407= 1953 ; 12= 1954?? ; 56= 1954? ; 247= 1954 ; 118= 1955?? ; 448= 1955? ; 346= 1955 ; 33= 1956?? ; 1785= 1956? ; 280= 1956 ; 11= 1957?? ; 839= 1957? ; 229= 1957 ; 35= 1958?? ; 518= 1958? ; 373= 1958 ; 7= 1959?? ; 307= 1959? ; 239= 1959 ; 91= 1960?? ; 46= 1960? ; 132= 1960 ; 11= 1961?? ; 39= 1961? ; 108= 1961 ; 31= 1962?? ; 88= 1962? ; 121= 1962 ; 11= 1963?? ; 100= 1963? ; 75= 1963 ; 4= 1964?? ; 68= 1964? ; 54= 1964 ; 42= 1965?? ; 15= 1965? ; 59= 1965 ; 15= 1966?? ; 18= 1966? ; 37= 1966 ; 13= 1967?? ; 2= 1967? ; 34= 1967 ; 2= 1968? ; 12= 1968 ; 8= 1969?? ; 32= 1969 ; 4= 1970?? ; 2= 1970? ; 7= 1970 ; 7= 1971 ; 3= 1972?? ; 1= 1973?? ; 2= 1973 ; 1= 1975 ; 1= 1976 ; 1= 1979? ; 1= 1982?? ; 13= 9999

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):11248

Collection of

Documents about this component

RMA registration record covering the RCA tube types 6AT6, 6AU6, 6BA6, 6BE6, 12AT6, 12BA6, 12BE6, 35W4 and 50B5

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6AU6

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6AU6

Common type Worldwide tube/semicond.

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