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EL8

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ID = 907
       
Country:
Germany
Brand: Valvo GmbH, Radioröhrenfabrik; Hamburg
Developer: Valvo GmbH, Radioröhrenfabrik; Hamburg 
Tube type:  Beam Power Tube   Audio Frequency 
Identical to EL8 = TEL8
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Heater different:
  UL2_Valvo
Other base:
  EL13
First year 1949 Tube leaflet collection E.Erb Analysis by original leaflets
First Source (s)
Mar.1949 : Funkschau Heft 6
Predecessor Tubes EL2  
Successor Tubes 1947   EL42  

Base Europe side contact P8A (Au P, 8SC)
Filament Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.5 Ampere / Indirect / Specified voltage AC/DC
Description With ½ the output power of the EL3 (EL33, 6M6) the EL8 is used in smaller radios, mostly in straight receivers with EF6 as audion detector (& EF9 as RF stage) or in simple supers with EF6 as audion detector and ECH4 as frequency converter. Its suppressor "grid" consists of only two rods and its plate is elliptically. 
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EL8: Courtesy Bureau Belper (De Muiderkring, Bussum), Scan Frank Philipse
Karel De Reus †

au19_2.png EL8: RTT 1974 (Franzis) 13. Auflage
Martin Renz

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EL8: Manufacturer's Literature
Anonymous 15 Collector

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Usage in Models 3= 1949 ; 2= 1950 ; 2= 1951 ; 4= 1952 ; 1= 1953?

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):12

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EL8
 

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