Thread: Need 6JB6 info
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Old February 1st 06, 02:06 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors
Scott Dorsey
 
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Default Need 6JB6 info

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Charles wrote:
Does anyone know the settings on a Hickok Model 800 to test a 6JB6? Thanks


That's a 9QL pinout. Same pinout as the 6JE6, 6JF6, 6JU6, 6KM6, 6LQ6,
6LZ6, 6ME6 tubes. If you have any of these listed on the chart, set
the switches up the same way.

I _think_ the bias setting should be the same. So get a known-good 6JB6,
put it in, and adjust the shunt until the meter reads good. Now try your
unknown tubes in there.

Don't trust this sort of back of the hand estimate for exact transconductance
values, but for a rough go/no go, you should at least be able to cull out
the tubes that have substantially lower transconductance due to low emission,
shorts, or badly damaged elements.

God, how I hate sweep tubes...
--scott
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