Re: Waveguide TC

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
<dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >
 > There are very high voltage potentials inside waveguide and waveguide arcs
 > are probably the wicked-est arcs I've ever witnessed.  This is the reason
 > high power
 > waveguides are usually pumped full of pressurized air or nitrogen.  I've
 > worked on transmitters putting out over 1.5 MW of power at S-Band (3-3.5
 > GHz) and you should
 > see what these arcs do to the internal portions of the waveguide.
 >
 > Dan

	Of course, the damage depends on how much average power is available.
Note that every high-power radar system of which I am aware has a
"waveguide arc detector" to protect the system from damage from a
continuing arc.

Ed