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Philips C443
7/22/2000 4:40:22 PMDavid Uher
Hello!!!

Please, I have old Philips tubes C446, there are
penthode, in which radios are used and heiter
voltage......

Thank you!!

David

7/23/2000 12:32:32 PMDon Black
Hello David, The C443 is a Philips directly heated (filament)power output pentode from the early thirties. It uses the old European numbering system, the C indicates a filament current of 0.2 - 0.4 Amp, the 4 indicates 4 volt filament and the 43 indicates power output pentode. It was a standard tube used in a lot of sets of the period. The specifications are: filament; 4 volt, 0.25 Amp; Plate voltage 300 volts; plate current 20 mA; grid bias -25 volts; screen grid 200 volts; screen grid current 4.5 mA; mutual conductance (gm) 1.7 mA/volt; plate resistance 37k ohms; load resistance 15 k ohms; power output 2.8 watts at 10% distortion; grid plate capacitance 1.3 pF. It uses a European 5 pin base, looking at the bottom of the base there are 4 pins arranged in a circle with a fifth pin in the center. One of the outer pins is spaced further apart from the rest. This is pin 1 and they are counted clockwise 2, 3, 4 around from this, pin 5 is the center pin. The connections are: 1 filament+; 2 plate; 3 grid 1; 4 grid 2 (screen grid); 5 filament-. Hope this is the information you need. I think you've made a mistake with C446 in your request, I don't know of such a tube though the numbers would indicate an RF pentode if it exists. If you do have a C446 let me know and I'll look further. Don Black. PS When this tube was new Philips spelt them Penthode, the "h" was dropped later.

: Hello!!!

: Please, I have old Philips tubes C446, there are
: penthode, in which radios are used and heiter
: voltage......

: Thank you!!

: David

7/24/2000 10:40:31 AMDon Black
Hello David, The C443 was fitted with either a European or american 5 pin base. There was also an improved version type C443N with slightly different characteristics and the output power increased from 2.8 to 3 watts. I've emailed the base diagrams to you. Don Black.

: Hello!!!

: Please, I have old Philips tubes C446, there are
: penthode, in which radios are used and heiter
: voltage......

: Thank you!!

: David



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