The 6V6 family came in many constructions and were very popular as the final audio stage of radio receivers. The design is a derivative of the more powerful 6L6.

The 6V6 was a workhorse of the broadcast receiver from its introduction in the mid 1930's in the metal can version through the large glass 6V6G version and finally to the midget 6V6GT versions.

In this exhibit we have the RCA version with its gloss paint finish on the steel envelope.

The valves were capable of push pull use but the normal environment was as a single end output stage.

The thin metal tube envelope is 25 mm in diameter, the maximum diameter of the base is 32 mm, and the overall height, excluding the IO base pins, is 66 mm.

References: Datasheet, ¹⁰⁴⁰ & ¹⁰⁴³. Type 6V6 was first introduced^¶ in 1937.

 
Pin Connections

IO	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	m	h	a	g2	g1	nc	h	k

 
Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions^¶

Beam Tetrode	Vh	Ah	Va	Vs	Vg	mAa	mAs	ra	gm	Pout	D
	6.3	0.45	315	225	-13	34	2.2	77K	3.75	5.5W	12%

Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet

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