Medium-Mu Triode - Sharp-Cutoff Pentode
Various Name Brands
The 6U8A / 6AX8 / 5KD8 / 6KD8 Vacuum tube is a miniature
type used as a combined oscillator and mixer tube in
color and black-and-white television receivers utilizing
an intermediate frequency in the order of 40 MHz. It
requires a miniature 9-contact socket.
Electrical Data:
Heater Voltage ........................... 6.3 V
Heater Current .......................... 0.45 A
Preferred Substitutes
....... 5KD8, 6AX8, 6EA8, 6KD8, 6U8, 6U8A
Substitutes
....................... 6GH8, 6GJ8, 6LM8