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RCA Victor Company Radiotron UV-861 Advertisement
February 1931 QST

February 1931 QST

February 1931 QST  Cover - RF CafeTable of Contents

Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from QST, published December 1915 - present (visit ARRL for info). All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

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Vacuum tubes all required some level of hand assembly by human workers, at least for positioning grids and attaching/routing the leads to external connection pins. A 1940s vintage film titled "Electrons on Parade," produced by RCA, shows how laborious the process was. Tubes like this Radiotron UV-861 tetrode vacuum tube amplifier required a human glass blower to form each one individually, as opposed to standard tube shells being formed by machine. The operating frequency is not specified here, other than to say it is an R.F. power amplifier. The "RCA Guide for Transmitting Tubes" (p41) lists the maximum frequency as 20 MHz. The price in 1930 was $295, which is the equivalent of around $5,409 in today's money. By 1943, the date of the aforementioned guide, the price had dropped to $155.

RCA Victor Company Radiotron UV-861

RCA Victor Company Radiotron UV-861, February 1931 QST - RF CafeA screen-grid 500 watt R. F. Power Amplifier

The best operation of any power circuit is assured when it is equipped with RCA Transmitting Radiotrons. This is because:

1. They are the result of the longest experience in the commercial manufacture of power tubes.

2. They are the product of the world's largest and most famous radio engineering laboratory.

3. They are guaranteed to be free from electrical and mechanical defects.

When you use RCA Transmitting Radiotrons, therefore, you get long service and the maximum quality of performance.

Radiotron Type UV-861 (illustrated above) is particularly recommended for high frequency use as a linear (Class B) amplifier. The fourth electrode - the screen - makes neutralization unnecessary.

UV-861 Rating

Filament Volts: 11 | Filament Amperes: 10

Amplification Factor: 300 | Mutual Conductance: 2.25 Milliamperes/volt

Linear RF Amplifier-Class B | Normal Operating Plate Volts: 3000

Screen Voltage (Approximate): 500 | *Control Grid Bias Voltage: - 60

Non-modulated Plate Current (DC): 188 M. A. | Peak Power Output: 600 Watts

Carrier output (100% modulated): 150 Watts | *Referred to midpoint of filament

Additional technical data will be furnished upon request.

Engineering Products Division

RCA Victor Company, Inc.

Camden, New Jersey

155 East 24th Street    New York City

100 West Monroe Street    Chicago, Ill.

Santa Fe Building    Dallas, Texas

235 Montgomery Street    San Francisco, Calif.

 

 

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