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TETRODE
GENERAL Cathode: indirectly heated, oxide-coated. Envelope: glass-to-metal. Cooling: forced air. Height: at most 125 mm. Diameter: at most 100 mm. Mass: at most 1.5 kg. OPERATING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Vibration loads: frequencies, Hz acceleration, m/s2 frequencies, Hz acceleration, m/s2 Multiple impacts with acceleration, m/s2 Linear leads with acceleration, m/s2 Relative humidity at up to +40 C, % BASIC DATA Electrical Parameters Heater voltage, V Heater current, A Mutual conductance (at anode voltage 1 kV, grid 2 voltage 350 V, anode current 1 A, grid 1 voltage change 2.5 V), mA/V Negative bias voltage (at anode voltage 1 kV, grid 2 voltage 350 V, anode current 1 A), V Interelectrode capacitance, pF: input 80-100 output 10-18 transfer, at most 0.1 Cathode heating time, s, at most Output power (at anode voltage 3 kV, grid 2 voltage 350 V, anode current 0.9 A), kW, at least Output power over 1000 h of service, kW, at least Limit Operating Values Heater voltage, V Anode voltage, kV Grid 2 voltage, V Negative grid 1 voltage, V Cathode current, A: DC component peak value Dissipation, W: anode grid 2 grid 1 Temperature at seals, C 11.3-13.9 3.3 500 200 1 3.2 1000 28 5 150 12.6 6-7.2 A

GU-43B

The GU-43B tetrode is used for continuous operation at frequencies up to 100 MHz in separately- or self-excited oscillator circuits and as linear power amplifiers in RF equipment.

100+1 -

10-200 59 200-600 20 343 147 98

C2 C1 KH

4+0.2 -0.1 18+0.3 27+0.4 44.5+0.5 -

20+0.5 -

40-50 20-30 C1 180 1.6 1.3 A C2


CONNECTION OF ELECTRODES WITH LEADS

KH

KH - cathode and heater; H - heater; C2 - grid 2; C1 - grid 1; A - anode

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125 max

45+0.5 108+0.3 -

LY1DQ ham radio resources


Ia,A

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Ia,A

4 4
Ug1=0V

3 -5 -10 2 1 -15 0.6 2 3

-25 -30 -35 -40 -45 -50 -55 1 2 3 Ua, kV Ug1, V -80 -60

Ua=3 kV

-20

-40 -20

Averaged Anode Characteristic Curves: U1 = 12.6V; Ug2 = 350V; ____ . ____ . ____ P a max

Averaged Anode-Grid Characteristic Curves: U1 = 12.6V; Ug2 = 350V

Ig2, A
Averaged Grid 2-Anode Characteristic Curves: U1 = 12.6V; Ug2 = 350V

0 -10 -20 -30 -40 -50 1

Ug1=-10V 2

0 3 Ua, kV

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