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Quiz: which tube is this?

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So....Gurus and others.
1. Which tube do these curves belong to?
2. Do the curves indicate a linear tube?
3. Would you use it for a PP amp or a SE amp?
 

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Looks like you only have 20 Volts of grid change on that earlier plot. Here's the rest of the curves:

Plotting most any load line on them shows a 2 to 1 change in gain from one end to the other. Umm... 100 % distortion? Probably work OK in P-P though, where all that 2nd Harmonic would cancel.

edit: added curve trace of a low distortion triode for comparison (not a 300B, this only costs $3)
 

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OH, sorry. I think a 2 to 1 gain change is more like 20-25% distortion in class A.

That's at max amplitude of course. The dominant 2nd H distortion varies quadratically with amplitude below that. Would have to hit the books and a load line on the curves to calculate it the precise way from tangents/chords and all that.

2nd harmonic would cancel out in P-P anyway.
 
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