Electrometer tube in UHF apllication

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Hello. Has someone ever been heard about using (in the past) an electrometer tube, for instance CK5886 as UHF preamplifier ?
 
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Ravaner said:
Hello. Has someone ever been heard about using (in the past) an electrometer tube, for instance CK5886 as UHF preamplifier ?
The tube looks a if it is designed primarily to have very high grid resistance so it can be used for measuring voltages. The Gm is very low, and I think that, along with all the other 1.5V directly heated tubes, the performance at 100 MHz and above will be poor. I would be surprised if oscillation can be obtained at any frequency with this tube. There are much better ones available for UHF operation.
 
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Many thanks for reply