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F4GRX Sébastien@pretzel NASA DSN is pushing 100kW at the butt of their 34m dishes
@f4grx Hah, the klystron in the background of the meme is actually a spare 400kW amplifier from one of the DSN dishes at Canberra.
@pretzel thats the wikipedia klystron yeah, I recognize the pic. 400kW total, I forgot about that. not very efficient beasts.
@f4grx "I recognize that klystron" things you only ever hear on fedi
ftg@pretzel @f4grx
But would you have the datasheet for this klystron?
I know it's for X-band and it's in a WR-90 waveguide mount. But that's all I really know.
It's made in France in the 2000's I think?
Due to the Thomson-CSF branding.
It would be very nice if somebody did recognize this klystron.
@ftg @pretzel if it has only one RF port it's a reflex klystron, which is an oscillator. I have the kind of tube thats sits inside the cavity.
Nixie
Paul@f4grx @pretzel
Yeah that tube most likely is the receive local oscillator in some older airborne X-band radar.
And I just want to make it output some RF.
I also do have one old 1.8Gc to 4.4Gc HP signal generator that uses klystron as the oscillator tube.
Due to age the klystron in it is getting lazy and it no longer oscillates much above 4GHz.
Yeah that tube most likely is the receive local oscillator in some older airborne X-band radar.
And I just want to make it output some RF.
I also do have one old 1.8Gc to 4.4Gc HP signal generator that uses klystron as the oscillator tube.
Due to age the klystron in it is getting lazy and it no longer oscillates much above 4GHz.