cx2708 thyratron

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "bob by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <yubba-at-clara-dot-net>

hi all ,
picked up a big thyratron today lying in the mud at the scrap yard. Does 
anyone know if it would work as a  triggered gap? i  am not  familiar with 
thyratrons but thought they had fast on slow off characteristics? data 
sheet is 
here 
http://www.marconitech.co.uk/cgi-bin/download.cgi?thyratron&cx2708.pdf 
should make a nice bang if nothing else.

cheers
  bob golding