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Originally Posted by Aub
I have often read that the 6BW6 is a 6V6 in a smaller envelope.
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That’s my understanding. Already available was the 6AQ5, a 6V6 in B7G form, albeit with reduced maximum voltages. Presumably Brimar’s customers wanted – or Brimar thought they would want – a noval-based version of the 6V6 without any derating.
That seemed not to be needed in the USA at the time, although a few years later RCA added the noval-based 12AB5 variant of the 6V6 family for car radio applications.
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