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VR55

Sensibly equivalent to:
AR21 CV1055 EBC33 NR48 OM4
    
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RAF Valve Receiving VR55 has the commercial equivalent of the EBC33, a double diode triode with a common cathode. The design dates from the late 1930s (1937-1940).
Typically double diode triode valves would be used in superhet receivers at the end of the IF amplification chain. One diode would produce the AGC voltage and the other would be used as the AM signal demodulator feeding into the triode as a first audio amplifier.
The reverse carries the crown and letters A and M for the UK Air Ministry, referred to in WWII as standing for Arthur Mitchell.
The classic envelope is 30 mm in diameter and, excluding the IO base pins, is 87 mm tall.
References: Data-sheet, 1040 & 1043. Type VR55 was first introduced in 1938. See also 1938 adverts.

 

Pin Connections
IO
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
tc
m
h
a
a(d2)
a(d1)
nc
h
k
g1

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Triode
Vh
Ah
Va
Vg
mAa
ra
gm
6.3
0.2
250
-5.5
5.0
15,000
2.0
Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet.
Updated January 06, 2022.
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