The EF96 is a low power amplifier beam tetrode that features a low anode to cathode capacitance and has two small anode plates at a wide separation from the cathode. It can operate as an RF or IF amplifier with a maximum operating frequency of 400 MHz.
The identification of this exhibit was from the box it came in.
This limited top view shows the screen and the top of the heater. The inner coating around the centre of the glass is to eliminate gas being released from the glass under electron bombardment.
The lower screen. The heater passes through the cathode tube twelve times. On the right can be seen the dish shaped getter holder.
The thin glass tube envelope is 18 mm in diameter and excluding the B7G base pins the valve is 50 mm long.
