Back to the future?

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martin manning
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Back to the future?

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http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2012 ... acuum-tube
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Interesting! Thanks for posting that article.
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Space amps! :shock:

Thanks for that, Martin!
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I always knew that they replaced the tube with the transistor way too soon.


But you better make sure you have a tube rectifier or all bets are off.
Tom

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Unfortunately not built for the audio frequency spectrum, but flying right now around the moon:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/n ... _twta.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling-wave_tube

http://www.arww-rfmicro.com/html/12210_ ... r_twta.asp

Cheers!
Horacio

Play in tune and B#!
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