21 Apr
2005
21 Apr
'05
9:31 a.m.
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, William Donzelli wrote:
Listers' favorite 'scopes, the Tek 5xx series, often have them in
the vertical plugins.
- What was/is
the smallest tube? purpose?
RCA's Nuvistor - a family often found in late 1960s TV tuners and some
test equipments. They are almost always triodes, and are really small -
3/4 inch long, maybe 3/8 inch diameter, all metal. RCA made a few half
sized Nuvistors, but never sold them.