[AMPS] ID small amp tube

[Jim]

The 5894 is a 90 watt output at VHF (150 MHz).

It is run with about 250 volts of screen and 800 or so volts of plate
voltage...

Used in both Motorola and GE VHF radios....Mobile and base station...


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Aycock <baycock@HIWAAY.NET>
To: amps@contesting.com <amps@contesting.com>
Date: Sunday, January 16, 2000 9:00 PM
Subject: [AMPS] ID small amp tube


>
>By AMPS standards, this is "small potatoes", but- I have acquired parts of
>a commercial mobile tube rig- the Amp section appears to be intact, but
>has tubes unknown to me. The final is marked "Amperex", and is numbered
>5894B-8737. I find a 5894a listed in an old ARRL handbook, but not the b,
>or any reference to 8737.
>
>Physically, there are two big plates that are distinctive, but any other
>details are obscure. The tube is glass, and less than 2 inches in Dia
>
>This is just a curiosity question, and nothing BIG is dependant on an
>answer.- but- anyone have a clue, or data, about this one?
>
>THanks- Bill- W4BSG
>-
>Bill Aycock   ---   Persimmon Hill
> Woodville, Alabama, US 35776
> (in the N.E. corner of the State)
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>             w4bsg@arrl.net
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