• WARNING: Tube/Valve amplifiers use potentially LETHAL HIGH VOLTAGES.
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Low heater voltage NF and Gm data

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RCA re-packaged Nuvistors in smaller cans and wrote a VERY detailed report on the project. The assembly jig is of past interest but the curves of hiss and transconductance versus heater voltage apply to many practical questions.

DTIC AD0294926: LINK, click this

It looks like if you have a 10mA tube, but work it at 1mA, then underheating the cathode is not bad, may be good. See pp148+.
 

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