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ID = 17023
       
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Brand:
Developer: RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY) 
Tube type:  Transmitter Triode, liquid-cooling   Power/Output 
Identical to 846 = FP-70 = F346A
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Normally replaceable-slightly different:
  38146

Base TRANSMITTING & Power-TUBES/VALVES in gen
Was used by Transmittertube (Radio)
Filament Vf 11 Volts / If 51 Ampere / Direct
Description

The number was assigned in August 1932. Cooled via external water jacket. Filament from flying leads and grid from side connection.

  • Mu 40
  • 2.5 kW
  • 50 MHz

Amperex, GE, Machlett, RCA, Sylvania, UE, Westinghouse known sources.

Four used in the WWII BC-340 amplifier. Also used in the BC-339 transmitter. In 1935 Lindenblad of RCA Communication reported the use of a couple of them, arranged in a Barkhausen push-pull tripler, to generate 115 watts at 411 MHz.

 
Information source Tube Lore (II)   p. 78 & 182
Tube Lore (I)   
Babani, International Radio Tube Encyclopaedia
Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1951

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