Re: [Phys-l] Panasonic inverter technology

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Por supuesto, but their size, weight, and I suspect low efficiency makes 
them inappropriate for airborne use.

bc, who hasn't tried to move the spare  > kW ones at the NPS linac.

p.s. that reminds me of why one must be careful when designing projector 
lamps w/ focusing mirrors behind.

Brian Whatcott wrote:

> At 07:52 PM 9/26/2006, you wrote:
>  
>
> > "... being free of the need to minimize frequency slide - the bane 
> > of radar magnetrons"
> >
> > Which leads to a BTW.  One of the advantages of "superior" US/UK 
> > electronics technology was the "axis"  gave up on magnetrons and 
> > stuck w/ necessarily low power klystrons.  The soln. was to lock the 
> > receiver freq. using intentional leakage from the outgoing pulse; 
> > like synchronous detection?
> >
> > bc, recently learned why it's the klystron gallery instead of the 
> > magnetron gallery; BTW, is there a way of synching magnetrons?
> >
> >    
>
> Klystrons are not necessarily low power devices.
>
> One early approach to reducing mode hopping of the multicavity magnetron,
> was to provide a twin transmission line to each side of all cavities.
>
> A probably apochryphal story about the Axis effort to develop magnetrons:
> early magnetrons returned a healthy enough fraction of the circulating
>  electron spokes to the cathode, to necessitate turning off the 
> cathode heater.
> An air radar that fell into Axis hands when fired up for magnetron 
> tests, fried
> its cathode because the cathode heating was maintained under power.
>
>
> Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka! 
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