A PL-177 Single-ended amplifier - www.pmillett.com
The PL-177 is similar to the 4-65 tube. But it is a pentode, or more correctly a beam pentode. It adds a supressor grid which is constructed of vanes to funnel the electron stream into beams. It comes in normal (PL-177A) and military (PL-177WA) versions. It also has a close cousin, the (PL-) 6549, which is essentially the same tube with a conventional suppressor grid. I tested all three... the PL-177A and PL-177WA seem completely identical. The 6549 worked well but was slightly less linear.
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