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5FV8
Medium-Mu Triode - Sharp-Cutoff Pentode

EIA Base & Outline

EIA Base: 9FAEIA Bulb: 6-2

Substitute Data

Preferred Substitutes ......................... 5FG7
Substitutes ................................... 5BE8 5BR8 5CL8
Source ........................................ RCA RC-29 - 1975

Application

Source ........................................ RCA RC-29 - 1975
Miniature type used in color and black-and-white television receiver applications. Especially useful as combined triode oscillator and pentode mixer in vhf television tuners.

Source ........................................ RCA RC-29 - 1975
Requires miniature 9-contact socket. Except for basing arrangement and grid-1--to-plate capacitance of pentode unit, this is identical to 6U8A.

Electrical Data

Source ........................................ RCA RC-29 - 1975
Heater Voltage ................................ 4.7 V
Heater Current ................................ 0.6 A

Source ........................................ RCA RC-29 - 1975
For other characteristics and typical operation, see 6FV8A

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