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These are interesting - Telefunken label, marked "SELECTED TUBE". Red tip. Made by Mullard. So .... why would Telefunken need Mullard to make them a tightly balanced, low noise, selected tube? Surely, they could produce them.
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Date codes are Mullard.
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Mullard Blackburn August 1967. ECC83 3rd production change.
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No Telefunken <>, but there is an E.
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Another one ---
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These are 1962 GE 6BL7 GTA. These tubes were used in televisions for the vertical deflection and oscillator. They are a dual triodes with black plates and great for audio circuits. My amps use these tubes.
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I also have the older 6BL7 GT from RCA and Sylvania.
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Here is a nice quad of CV717 or 5R4GY rectifiers.
KB = K is manufacturing spec K1001 or K1006, B is for qualification by a UK authority
FE = STC, Oldway which is Standard Telephones and Cables, Oldway, England
U = 1963, E = May, F = June

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Adrian … Do you own any electronic equipment to plug some of your collection in to ;)
 

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