It was mentioned earlier in the thread that the 7th pin was to prevent
807s from being plugged in by mistake.
Karl-Arne Markström wrote:
> It appears that the date quoted on the German web-site for the 1625 was
> wrong.
>
> In the 1942 edition of the "RCA Guide for Transmitting Tubes" that
> went to press
> in October/November 1941 the 1625 was included and
> was described as "Similar to 807 but has 12.6 V heater ... Especially
> Useful in Aircraft Transmitters"
>
> So the 1625 was around before Pearl Harbor.
>
> Any reasons for RCA to choose the 7-pin base for the 1625 were not
> mentioned, and they are probably buried deep into the sediments of
> corporate logic. My guess is as good as anyone elses.
>
> Regarding the 8018, it seems to be an interesting variation of the
> 807.
> I found some variants, one with a normal phenolic base but quoting a
> higher transconductance than the "regular" 807, and two with ceramic
> bases, the RAF VT-60 and VT-60A.
>
> The electrode system in the VT-60 shown at http://www.tubecollector.
> org/vt60.htm
> appears to be somewhat "skinnier" than the regular 807. If this may
> have affected the VHF performance is uncertain.
>
> 73/
>
> Karl-Arne
> SM0AOM
>
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>>Wild guess: to prevent plugging a 6.3v filament tube in a 12.6v
>
> socket?
> Maybe 807's were also used in other applications in that era.<
> It seems a bit illogical, because there were 6 and 12 volt octal
> tubes with the same base connections - 6K7, 12K7, 6SG7, 12SG7 etc.
> Further back, there were 2.5 volt and 6.3 volt tubes on the same UX
> base - 2B7 and 6B7 come to mind. So why go to the bother for 1625s,
> when they needed more metal for the two extra pins? And the quantity of
> 1625s made meant that must have been a fair weight of brass for those
> two extra pins.
> 807s were around pre war, and there was one of the early RAF VHF
> transmitters used something called an 8018, which my father told me was
> an 807 selected for more output at 120MHz - he actually instructed on
> that equipment when he was in the RAF. He said it was awful speech
> quality, using the device as a sort of linear with low level grid
> modulation on the preceding frequency multiplier, and running grid
> current in the 8018.
> 73
> Peter G3RZP
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