Re: NEC-LIST: Old vacuum tubes

The VT designations are military numbers. They do in fact refer to
specific tube types. I have seen tables that show the equivalent
types, but I do not know where they are now.

                                        Bob Dixon
                                        Ohio State University

On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Dr. Warren H. Ziegler wrote:

> Prof. Baker;
>
> Unfortunately VT4B, VT30, VT31, etc. are only the schematic symbols
> for the tubes in a particular circuit - much as a modern schematic
> might use Q1, Q2, etc for transistors or IC1, IC2, etc to designate
> integrated circuits. Knowing that a transistor is refered to as Q1
> or a tube is refered to as VT30 in a particular circuit is not
> sufficient to identitify it's type.
>
> An interesting web site that has links to all sorts of tube faq's and
> sources is:
>
> http://www.primenet.com/~rfwatts/tubes.html
>
> Regards; Warren Ziegler
> Director of Advanced Technology
> Acumentrics Corporation
Received on Mon Oct 06 1997 - 09:23:57 EDT