Date code help on 6550 C

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Hear Clifford Brown

Date code help on 6550 C
« on: 27 Sep 2014, 05:52 pm »
My 6550 winged C's are marked OTK 61 which I think is the date code.  Can someone confirm and explain how to read the codes on Russian 6550 tubes?

These are in VTL MB-250 Signature monoblocks.  16 power tubes in total, 14 look like this:








Two look like this:



 


skriefal

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Re: Date code help on 6550 C
« Reply #1 on: 27 Sep 2014, 10:32 pm »
The '0445' is the date code.  45th week of 2004.