• WARNING: Tube/Valve amplifiers use potentially LETHAL HIGH VOLTAGES.
    Building, troubleshooting and testing of these amplifiers should only be
    performed by someone who is thoroughly familiar with
    the safety precautions around high voltages.

Soviet tube data handbook

Courtesy of the folks at the CIA, from 1962 a translated copy of the Soviet Union's tube data handbook, with a chart of Western equivalent tubes. It's 690 pages so it'll take a while for the whole thing to load.

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80T00246A063400150001-1.pdf

More Soviet-era tube-related CIA documents here:

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/search/site/tube


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