1) The two microelectrode method was used to voltage clamp small preparations of rabbit sinoatrial node. The kinetics of hyperpolarization activated inward current, if were analysed. 2) The hrperpolarization pulses activated if current in the presence of 10-7g/ml TTX and 2 mM Mn2+. The activation range was in between -45 mV to -75 mV. The current magnitude was increased and time course was faster by strong hyperpolarization pulses. 3) Standard envelope tests indicated that this current is exponentially controlled by single gate. 4) Semilogarithmic plot of if activation versus time was found to be linear in the activation range. The decrease in current magnitude and the shifts in activation curve and rate constants curve to the hyperpolarizing direction were obtained with Ba2+, indicating that Ba2+ shifts the voltage dependence of the gating kinetics, were partially reversed by 24 mM K+.