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A2521

Sensibly equivalent to:
CR4 CV2453
See also:
GEC A1714, A2688, 417A, A2521, A2599, DET23 & DET29 Advert - GEC introduce the A2521 - Television Reception on Band V - Nuvistor Valves
    
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The A2521 is a low noise UHF triode with an anode dissipation of 2.5 Watts. The advert referenced above shows that these B9A triodes were competing with the disc seal triodes such as the DET23 and DET29.
See E2521 for the most likely prototype of this triode.
The GEC logo is stuck on.
The electrodes are mounted horizontally with the cathode at the top.
The heater end of the cathode. Between the mica cheeks is the curved anode. The grid is of frame grid construction and mounted very close to the flat cathode tube.
Thanks to Robert Coleman for the pinout information.
The thin glass tube envelope is 20 mm in diameter, and excluding the B9A base pins is 46 mm tall.
Reference: 1040 & data-sheet from Rob Coleman. Type A2521 was first introduced in 1957. See also 1957 adverts.

 

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

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Triode
Vh
Ah
Va
Vg
mAa
gm
6.3
0.3
130
-
16.0
15.0
Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet.
Updated October 20, 2020.
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