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List of valve types

Page history last edited by Alan Hartley-Smith 2 years, 10 months ago

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Valve name Date Type Freq. Anode disipation Cooled by Used in Application Detail
                 
TRIODES             Photos  here
ACM 1               here
ACM 2               here
ACM 3   Triode   2Kw Air   Video FM & Cathode Follower here
ACT 5                here
ACT 6 1920s  Triode < 75MHz 75W Air   Ampllifier and Oscillator here
ACT 9   Triode < 15MHz 1Kw Air 5xx, SWB 14 and SWB 18 Amplifier and Oscillator here
ACT 10               here
ACT 12               here
ACT 14   Triode <  40MHz 10Kw Air   Ampllifier and Oscillator here
ACT 15               here
ACT 16   Triode <  40MHz 500W Air   Amplifier and Oscillator here
ACT 17               here
ACT 18               here
ACT 19               here
ACT 20               here
ACT 21               here
ACT 22   Triode < 1GHz 75W Air   UHF Amp and Oscillator here
ACT 23               here
ACT 25   Triode < 1GHz 400W Air   UHF Amp and Oscillator here
ACT 26   Triode < 300MHz 5Kw Air   VHF Amplifier here
ACT 27   Triode < 600MHz 1.5Kw Air   UHF Amp and Oscillator here
ACT 28   Triode < 400MHz 1.5Kw Air   UHF pulsed Oscillator here
ACT 28A   Triode < 600MHz 1.5Kw Air   Pulsed Oscillator here
ACT 29   Triode < 80MHz 1Kw Air   Power Amplifier & Oscillator here
ACT 36               here
ACT 100 Marconi ?             here
ACT 101 Marconi ?             here
ACT 200 Marconi ?             here
                 
PENTODES             Photos  here 
ACPT 8   Pentode < 39MHz 750W Air   Ampllifier and Oscillator here
                 
MODULATORS             Photos  here
CAM 1           5xx   here
CAM 2   Triode   5Kw Water SWB 14 and SWB 18 Absorber or Modulator here
CAM 3 1929  Triode   12Kw Water   Modulator here
CAM 4           SWB 14 and SWB 18   here
CAM 5           SWB 14 and SWB 18   here
                 
RECTIFIERS             Photos  here
CAR 1               here
CAR 2   Diode   5Kw Water 5XX Rectifier here
CAR 4   Diode   6Kw Water   Rectifier here
CAR 6   Diode   20Kw Water   Rectifier here
                 
TRANSMITTERS             Photos  here 
CAT 1           5XX   here
CAT 2               here
CAT 3   Triode < 20MHz 5Kw Water   RF Amplier & Oscillator here
CAT 4               here
CAT 5               here
CAT 6 1940  Triode < 40MHz 12Kw Water   Power Amplifier & Oscillator here
CAT 9 1937  Triode < 40MHz 18Kw Water SWB 14 and SWB 18 Power Amplifier & Oscillator here
CAT 10               here
CAT 12A                here
CAT 14/14C       150Kw     Used for long waves here
CAT 15               here
CAT 16               here
CAT 17/17C   Triode < 25MHz 200Kw Water SWB 14 and SWB 18 HF Amplifier here
CAT 18               here
CAT 20/20C   Triode < 20MHz 75Kw Water SWB 14 and SWB 18 Amplifier and Modulators here
CAT 21   Triode < 100MHz 20Kw Water   VHF Amplifier here
CAT 22   Triode < 30MHz 20Kw Water   Power Amplifier & Oscillator here
CAT 26   Triode < 40MHz 12Kw Water   Power Amplifier & Oscillator here
CAT 27   Triode < 26MHz 150Kw Water   RF Power Amplifier here
CAT 29   Triode < 40MHz 18Kw Water   Power Amplifier & Oscillator here
CAT 30   Triode < 26MHz 75Kw Water   RF Power Amplifier here
                 
TRIODES             Photos  here
DET 1 1924              here
DET 1SW 1924              here
DET 2           SWB 14 and SWB 18   here
DET 3 1945 Triode < 3MHz 400W     MF Amplifier here
DET 5               here
DET 6               here
DET 8               here
DET 9 1938  Triode           here
DET 10               here
DET 12 1939      50W        here
DET 14               here
DET 16   Triode < 30MHz 125W None   HF Amplifier here
DET 17               here
DET 18   Triode < 120MHz 50W None   HF Amplifier and Oscillator here
DET 19   2 x triodes < 250MHz 5W None   PA, Oscillator & Multiplier here
DET 20               here
DET 21   Triode   125W None   AF Amplifier & Modulator here
DET 22 1954  Triode < 3GHz 10W None   VHF Amplifier & Oscillator here
DET 23 1954  Triode   5W None   UHF Amplifier here
DET 24 1959  Triode < 2GHz 20W None   VHF Amplifier & Oscillator here
DET 25 1936 Triode     None   Airborn transmitter here
DET 27   Triode < 3MHz 250W None   AF & HF Amp. And Oscillator here
DET 28   Triode < 20MHz 25W None     here
DET 29/29M 1959  Triode < 7GHz 10W None   Amplifier and Oscillator here
                 
RECTIFIERS             Photos  here
MR 1 1919     200W   2MT   here
MR 2 1919             here
MR 4 1919     15Kw       here
MR 6               here
MR 7A               here
MR 9           5xx   here
MR 10               here
                 
TRANSMITTERS             Photos  here
MT 1 1919 Triode   100W   Originally T1 in 1917 (Osram)   here
MT 2 1919 Triode     Air   Transmitter here
MT 3 1919 Triode     Air     here
MT 4 1919 Triode     Air     here
MT 4B               here
MT 5 1919 Triode     Air     here
MT 6 1919 Triode   400W Air     here
MT 6B               here
MT 7A/B 1922 Triode   600W Air     here
MT 9               here
MT 9A           SWB 14 and SWB 18   here
MT 9F               here
MT 9L 1945 Triode   700W Air     here
MT 10                here
MT 11SW 1925  Triode   60W Air   Short Wave version here
MT 12               here
MT 13               here
MT 14         Air SWB 14 and SWB 18   here
MT 16               here
MT 31 c. 1935 Triode     Air   Marconi Italy here
                 
Others             Photos  here
V24* 1919 Triode           here
Replaced by Dull Emitted (DEV) version in 1923 - 24 means 24Volt batteries on board ship        
                 
                 
Legend                
ACT Air Cooled Triode            
CAM Cooled Anode Modulator Were developed from the CAT     
CAR Cooled Anode Rectifier          
CAT Cooled Anode Tranmitter          
DET Dull Emitter Triodes            
MC series* HF generation and amplification valves Type C        
MR series* Rectifier valves Type R            
MT series* Transmitter valves Type T          
                 
  *  Nomenclature specified by Captain Henry Round in 1916      
                 

 

 

 

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