Glenn Baddeley - Valve Data

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Glenn

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Data and Equivalents Service

If you are having problems finding valve data or equivalents then try me out, I may be able to oblige with some free information from my many data books and equivalents lists. Expect a repsonse within 3 to 7 days, as some research may be involved.

Glenn

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Links to Valve Data Search Engines

	http://tdsl.duncanamps.com/ Tube Data Sheet Locator 3 is a database search engine containing information on thousands of tubes. It provides pin-outs, substitutes, short data, ratings, applications, schematics, and references to data sheets on other sites. Very comprehensive. It is maintained by Duncan Amplification and sponsored by disk2disk.com.
	http://hereford.ampr.org/cgi-bin/tube Online searchable database containing thousands of tubes. Returns tube type, pin-out, characteristics and typical operating conditions. Maintained by Bill Beech.
	http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Tubes/ Nostalgia Air, Space Coast USA. Tube Substitution and Characteristics Guide. online searchable database. Currently the database includes substitutes for over seven thousand American and European tubes; characteristic charts are slowly being added. Returns description, substitutions, base diagrams and notes.
	http://catalog.rell.com/ Online catalog of Richardson Electronics, Ltd. Can search for part numbers, returns specifications and sheets if any.

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Links to Valve Data Programs

	http://members.aol.com/EPSweb/vtdata/ The VTDATA software package is a complete vacuum tube manual on your computer from EPS/Solutions, PA, USA. It is sold for US$29 and online examples are shown.
	http://www.audiotubes.com/tubesave.htm Tube Database Version 3 is a freeware equivalents program for MS-DOS which can be downloaded in a ZIP file. The equivalents data file is also directly accessible at another web site.

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Links to Miscellaneous Valve Data Pages

	http://www.nzvrs.pl.net/aaa/cv_register.htm A simple CV Register cross reference for Commercial Valve numbers.
	http://www.g8wrb.org/ Power Amplifiers, tubes and Related Items - G8WRB. Here you will find data on RF power tubes, as well as application notes of interest to amateurs using tubes (valves) for power amplifiers. Generally data is included only for tubes with anode dissipations of between 100W and 50kW.
	http://www.drtube.com/tubedata.htm Dr. Tube's Data Sheets for about 70 common valves of various constructions. Links to about 12 other sources of valve data sheets.
	http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~reese/ Tim Reese's Home Page has links to 10 different sites for Electron Tube Manufacturer's Data, and also lots of links to Electron Tube Audio Discussion Groups & Magazines & E-Zines, Electron Tube Vendors, Electronic Parts Dealers that cater to Tube Audio, Tube Schematics Online and Tube Projects Online.
	http://www.worldtubeaudio.com/directory/categories/kategorie_62.htm Links to many valve databases at the World Tube Audio Portal.
	http://tubesall.hihome.com/tube.htm Links to valve data sources at JONG WOO'S PAGE.
	http://www.qsl.net/dl7avf/roehren/roehren.html Electron Tubes and Valves, Franz Hamberger, Berlin Germany. Categorised links to information on hundreds of valve types. Articles and information on amplifiers, applications, history, glossary, links. In German and English.
	http://www.wps.com/archives/tube-datasheets/index.html Electron tube database - Scanned datasheets of over 2000 electron tubes from original data catalogs of 1958 - 1961.
	http://www.firebottle.com/ampage/tube_data/ Tube Age - tube amps / music electronics - Vacuum Tube Data on about common audio 20 tubes.
	http://www.vt52.com/ Data sheets for about 80 valves. Also VT equivalents, tube information, sources, tubes for sale. (Netherlands)
	http://www.xs4all.nl/~tgale/valves.html Data, pin-outs and basic characteristics for about 200 old valves. (Netherlands) (36K)
	http://www.algonet.se/~janax/tubedata.htm About 40 US and European data sheets. Links to many other tube data and suppliers sites. (Sweden)
	http://www.machmat.com/sheet/index.htm MachMat has scanned data sheets for about 70 tubes. Links to a dozen other tube data sites. (Netherlands)
	http://www.svetlana.com/docs/dictionary.html Listing of all Svetlana tubes (CIS) with links to data sheets.
	http://www.audiomatica/tubes/ The Tube Directory by Audiomatica. Real measured data for about 30 tubes. (Italy)
	http://www.triodeel.com/tubedata.htm Triode Electronics (IL, USA) presents scanned data sheets on about 30 audio tubes. RC amplifier design charts from RCA tube manual. Various articles on tube audio amplifiers.
	http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/2468/tubes.html Cape Old Radio. Technical information for about 120 common radio tubes, such as Base#, Fil. Volts, Plate Volts, Tube Type, Use in Circuit. Unfortunately you have to put up with a windowed advertisement word from the sponsor.
	http://www.geocities.com/Paris/2356/ Nicolas Radio Collection. European Tube Radio Information, such as Tube cross-reference from an old HAM database (author unknown), Tube types from Usenet by Andrew Emmerson. Some very annoying words from the sponsor.
	http://pw2.netcom.com/~wa2ise/radios/penciltubes.html Sub-miniature "pencil" tube data, including description, pinout, heater V&A, cathode resistor, G1 volts, Screen V,ma, Plate V,ma, Gm, Plate resistance, Load. (37K)
	http://www.goldaero.com/tubelib.html Gold Aero tube data library contains data for only 3 tubes: 6C33C-B, E34L and KT99A.
	http://df6na.mayn.de/~df6na/tubes.htm DF6NA Tube Data-Sheets for about 50 Russian valves.
	http://www.next-power.net/next-tube/datasheets.php3 NextTube has 86 data sheets for 50 Russian valves and a list of USA equivalents.
	http://www.diyparadiso.com/tdata.htm Tube DIY Paradiso (Belgium) has data sheets for 6SN7, 6SL7, 6BL7, 6BX7, ECC8100, 3A167, EC90, 2C51 and 6DN7
	http://www.geofex.com/tubeampfaq/taffram.htm Musical Instrument Tube Amp Building, Maintaining and Modifying FAQ - contains tube substitutions in Section 14.

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Links to Miscellaneous Valve Data Text Files

No fancy graphics or frames here...

	http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/electrical/tubes/00TUBES The High-Voltage Tube Data Archive, maintained by Kristian Ukkonen. Scanned data on about 30 high voltage tubes, such as x-ray, transmitter, switching, pulse. (Finland)
	http://www.vacuumtube.com/FAQ.htm VACUUM TUBE VALLEY, SUNNYVALE, CA. VACUUM TUBE REFERENCE AND USAGE GUIDE lists dozens of common tubes with a short description and who makes them. (38K)

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General Links

	http://www.worldtubeaudio.com/directory/categories/kategorie_62.htm Links to about 30 valve data pages and databases at the World Tube Audio Portal (Germany).
	http://www.askjanfirst.de/link.htm An interesting list of valve links at Ask Jan First (Germany).
	http://www.tubecollectors.org/ Tube Collectors Association (USA).

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