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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki
But were there ever any consumer-radio-targeted 'high slope' output-tetrodes/pentodes that let you do a povertyhet using the diodes of an EBF80/89 without needing an intervening triode before the power-stage?
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UL41 (and UL84) are high-slope... many cheap record players drove the UL84 directly from a crystal pickup.
The Ferguson 208U is a short-superhet, UCH42, UAF42, UL41, UY41 (all B8A based), the single diode in the UAF41 drives the UL41 with no intermediate AF amplifier.
Despite the lack of overall gain, it is a good radio - Ferguson paid a lot of attention to the coils and tracking at the front end.