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ID = 17472
       
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Brand: Common type USA tube/semicond.
Developer: RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY) 
Tube type:  Signal Diode - one single system   UHF 
Identical to 953 = CV738 = CW10 = REL10

Base Acorn 5 pin 5AA
Was used by Radio/TV-reception etc.
Filament Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.15 Ampere / Indirect
Description

Developmental acorn diode. Plate pin out from dome. Intended as UHF detector at 30 V max RMS and 5 mA.

pinout

  • 1-4 heater
  • 2-3 getter
  • 5 cathode

Sibley gives this type as under development at RCA in 1937. Manufactured as CW10 by Canadian Westinghouse and approved as REL10 and CV738.

 
Dimensions (WHD)
incl. pins / tip
20 x 45 x 15 mm / 0.79 x 1.77 x 0.59 inch
Weight 7 g / 0.25 oz
Information source Universal Vade-Mecum, Electron Valves and Semiconductor Devices   Section 157, p. 217
Tube Lore (II)   p. 145
Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49


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