I have a RCA short wave portable radio that needs a 1l6 type tube. This is a hard tube to find. are their any substitues that would work?

Hi Ralph

1L6 tubes are for sale but they usually go for $30.00. The 1R5 will replace a 1L6 but it may not oscillate on the highest frequency short wave bands. Some suggest using a 1U6 but that is even harder to find and has less fil. current. You can use the 1LA6 but it needs an adaptor.

Norm

: I have a RCA short wave portable radio that needs a 1l6 type tube. This is a hard tube to find. are their any substitues that would work?

Hi Ralph, Go to the links site here on Nostalgia Air and look at Padgett Peterson's Zenith Trans-Oceanic and Hickok Pages. He has looked at the problem of replacing the 1L6 converter tube in the Zenith in great detail with a number of options. It's well worth reading if you've got this problem. Good luck, Don.
: I have a RCA short wave portable radio that needs a 1l6 type tube. This is a hard tube to find. are their any substitues that would work?