M-OV who made the Marconi Z77, acknowledged the fact that this valve was universally known by the Mullard designation of EF91 and gave the EF91 top billing on the envelope.

The EF91 is a high gain, high impedance, high slope, screened pentode. Mullard describe the EF91 as primarily intended for use as RF amplifiers or mixer valves in television receivers. At the time, late 1940s, television only operated at VHF.

It could be used from AF to VHF up to about 200 MHz.

The electrodes fill the width of the valve. The anode is formed by two rectangular plates at either side of the valve. The other two sides of the box being completely open. All three grids can be clearly seen.

The thin glass tube envelope is 17 mm in diameter and, excluding the B7G base pins, is 46 mm tall.

 
Pin Connections

B7G	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	g1	k	h	h	a	g3	g2

 
Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions

Pentode	Vh	Ah	Va	Vs	Vg	mAa	mAs	ra	gm
	6.3	0.3	250	250	-2	10	2.5	1M	7.6

Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above datasheet

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This exhibit was last updated on 11 July 2007 {find valves by name}