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EF183

Sensibly equivalent to:
6EH7 6F29 CV5831
See also:
Valves and their Habits - Frame Grid Valves
    
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The EF183 is a high gain variable μ RF amplifier pentode. It is a late 1950s design and superseded the EF85. The EF184 was the straight version of the design and replaced the EF80. All four valves have the same pin connections.
In 1959 Mullard describe the EF183 as: a frame-grid variable-mu RF pentode for use as an automatic gain controlled IF amplifier in television receivers. The heater is suitable for series or parallel operation by AC or DC.
The valve performance figures are given at 40 MHz and the normal TV IF frequency was around 33 MHz.
The silver coating inside the glass is present to reduce electron bombarding from releasing gas from the glass and thus increases the service life of the valve.
The coating inside the glass prevents a close inspection.
The thin glass tube envelope is 21 mm in diameter and, excluding the B9A base pins, is 53 mm tall.
References: Data-sheet & 1040. Type EF183 was first introduced in 1959. See also 1959 adverts.

 

Pin Connections
B9A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
k
g1
k
h
h
s
a
g2
g3

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Pentode
Vh
Ah
Va
Vs
Vg
mAa
mAs
ra
gm
6.3
0.3
200
90
-2
12
4.5
0.5M
12.5
Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet.
Updated October 04, 2019.
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