what are the most commonly used tubes in vintage radios
 

I'm writing a program for my intro to embeded systems class, to replace the instruction manual for my B&K Dyna Jet 606 tube tester. I need to have it finished by wednesday and don't have time to coppy all of the tubes in the settings part of the manual. I'm Intend to include AA5 tubes as I know they were the most common however the only AA5 radios in my collection that I have access to are the octal type, and I can't remember the numbers for the types. I'm going to try to include the apporximately 50 most common types from radio, TV, and HiFi. The oldest types the Dyna Jet tests are octals and loctals, so I can't use anything that pre dates them. See my similar posts in other parts of this forum.

Thanks, Tom C.

Here's a list:
ALL AMERICAN FIVE - TUBE COMPLEMENT (list by John Reinicke)


2A7 58 55 59 80

6A7 39/44 75 42
78 43 25Z5 300 mA heaters

1A6 1A4 1B5 33
34

6A8 6S7 6Q7 6K6 5Y3
6K8 6K7 First octal
sockets

6L6 6X5
0Z4

6SA7 6SK7 6SQ7
12A8 12K7 12Q7 35L6 35Z4 150 mA heaters
7A8 7B7 7C6 35A5 35Z3 First Loktal
7A7 7B6 sockets
1A7 1A4 1H5 3Q5

12SA7 12SK7 12SQ7 50L6 35Z5
1R5 1T4 1U5 1S4 First Miniature
1T5 sockets

1LA6 1LG5 1LD5 1LA4 117Z3
1LH4

12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50B5 35W4
12AT6 50C5
14B8 14A7 14B6 50A5 35Y4



18FX6 18FW6 18FY6 32ET5 36AM3
18GD6 34GD5 100 mA heaters

FM Front-End / I.F. (series string sets) 9 & 7 Pin Miniatures

17EW8 19EA8 19J6
12AQ8 12DT8 12AT7
12AL5 12AU6 19T8

transformer powered sets
6AQ8 6DT8 6BQ7 6BS8 6C9
12AT7 12AZ7

I.F. & Ratio Detector
6AU6 6HR6 6BJ8 6AL5 6T8

In most "normal" Europanen radios manufactured from the mid '50's to the '60's I've seen:
- For audio: EL 84 (6BQ5) (6Π14Π/6P14P) - for more powerfoul speakers (some use the EL 84) and EL 95, ECL 82, ECL 86 for less powrefoul speakers; ECC 83 was a preamplification tube.
- For radiofrequency: EABC 80, EBF 89, ECH 81, EF 80, EF 89, ECL 85 (for F.M. tuning)
There are some with more exotic tubes and I do hate the exotic tubes, like the bloody ELL 80 (sometimes you have a socket for 2 x EL 95)or that disaster called ECLL 800 (this it was used in the '60's at some West-German radios for minituarization).
The rimlock series tube are hard to find in Europe. Sometimes is easyer to find tubes from the '40 and '50's.