Data Sheet for 36LW6? - 6KD6 Sub?

[kd4e]

It looks like one side of the cathode is tied
to one of the screens in the 6LW6 where it is
not in the 6KD6.

Insurmountable problem?


>> I want to compare it to a 6KD6 to see if there
>> is any possibility of substitution or if the
>> rewiring would be major - beyond the filaments.
>>
>> My FTDC-560 uses the 6KD6's and they are really
>> too pricey to justify, and getting more so daily.
>>
>> WDYT?
>>
> 
> I suspect it would work FB if you replaced the 12 pin 6KD6 sockets
> with octals, as the 6LF6 is said to be rated for 40 watts vs 33 watts
> for the 6KD6. 
> 
> Remember the 6KD6 well, was the sweep tube in our 1970 Admiral TV when
> I was a teenager. Needed replacement every few years, about $15 at Myles
> Radio TV shop as I recall. I remember asking my father for the money to
> buy the tube.
> 
> Have a FT-DX 400 around here somewhere that needs a lot of work to get
> back on the air, that also uses the 6KD6 as I recall.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Deane McIntyre VE6BPO
> 

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