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VR137

Sensibly equivalent to:
CV1137 EC52 RL16
    
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An early all glass design of amplifier triode.
The envelope is clearly able to accommodate a pair of these electrode systems. The valve is a thin flat arrangement on one side of the envelope.
This valve was specified for VHF low power transmitter use. The anode dissipation is 7 Watts and the full power frequency rating is 300 MHz. The maximum frequency that useful power could be obtained was 400 MHz. Quite advanced.
As with all valves produced in this method the pins are short and equi-spaced around a circle. The evacuation seal is concealed within a metal spigot that enables the valve to be accurately located within the valveholder.
The wide glass tube envelope is 30 mm in diameter and, excluding the B9G base pins, is 58 mm tall.
References: Data-sheet, 1040 & 1043. Type VR137 was first introduced in 1946. See also 1946 adverts.

 

Pin Connections
B9G
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
h
g1
k
a
nc
nc
nc
nc
h

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Triode
Vh
Ah
Va
Vg
mAa
ra
gm
Pdiss
freq
f.max
6.3
0.43
250
-2.6
10
9.2k
6.5
7W
300
400.
Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet.
Updated April 04, 2015.
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