Re: BIG solid state devices...

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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: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>
> 
> Hello Dan
> 
> Some coilers in Europe use 50 Hz radar transformers. How come we don't see
> any 60 Hz radar transformers in America? The radar power supplies I see on
> ebay all seem to be some sort of high frequency devices.
> 
> Godfrey Loudner

	There should be quite a few around but maybe nobody's bothering to sell
them.  The HF devices are used in newer radars to save weight and cost,
and most aircraft systems (not just radar sets) work on 400 Hz, again to
save weight in the cores.

Ed