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Re: Dump the RSG!




From: 	randy-at-gte-dot-net[SMTP:randy-at-gte-dot-net]
Sent: 	Saturday, November 08, 1997 5:31 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Dump the RSG!

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> From:   Edward V. Phillips[SMTP:ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu]
> Sent:   Friday, November 07, 1997 12:21 PM
> To:     tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:        Re: Dump the RSG!
> 
> "As for pulsed tube operation, I have an idea or two about that.  Ever
> heard of a super-regenerative oscillator?  Next time!"
>         Try a blocking oscillator and you hav it.  Takes a relatively
> large grid capacitor and resistor, plus very high voltage if you
> want a lot of power.  Early VHF radar sets such as the SCR-268 and
> many others used this technique with great success, and I sure would
> like to see someone try it for a TC!  Takes a tube with really good
> emission, which means lots of filament current for the typical
> thoriated-tungsten filament.
> Ed


Ed: Any thoughts re: the 4-1000A tube in this regard? About 150W to
the filament, as I recall. I've got two of them.. and been doing alot
of thinking lately....

Thanks,
Randy