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VCR522

Sensibly equivalent to:
CV1522
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The VCR522 is the smallest of the WWII cathode ray tubes. The display is one inch diameter. The tube will operate with about 1000 Volts across it and the deflection is electrostatic. Like all WWII UK CRT's the heater is 4.0 V at 1.0 A. The heater cathode insulation is poor and the heater must be floating or strapped to the cathode.
The RADAR indicators that employed it displayed a horizontal line that had vertical blips to denote the origin and the reflection. The distance between the two was a measure of the distance. Our specimen came in a military style rugged metal tube, had rubber spacers to keep the glass from hitting the metal and a paxolin base with nine sprung sockets. The tube has a horizontal line burnt into the phosphor. The display is probably green.
The end window envelope is 36 mm in diameter and, excluding the base pins, is 143 mm long tall.
References: Data-sheet & Radio Constructor article. Type VCR522 was first introduced in 1938. See also 1938 adverts.

 

Pin Connections
B9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
X1
Y1
a2
h,k
h
g1
a1,a3
Y2
X2

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
CRT
Vh
Ah
Va
4.0
1.0
800
Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet.
Updated August 19, 2019.
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