Can a Smaller, More Powerful Microwave Source Replace Triode Amplifiers?

[theobserver]

I have been working with a large number of triodes amplifiers in parallel pulesed by a large thyratron tube. Earlier, many of the triodes decided to arc and melt. The amplifier was huge and I need to replace it. I need a design for a microwave source that is small and more powerful (megawatts).

Thanks!

 

[russ_watters]

You want to build a megawatt microwave generator? Really? You have access to a megawatt power source and have the required permits? I find myself highly skeptical.

 

[theobserver]

Working on it, the last one wasn't megawatts, it was in the kilowatt range. I have seen older russian magnetrons that are pulsed and approach one megawatt for radar systems, but the pulse is too long. Same problem with the newer systems. I need the pulse to be a single cycle long at 10-11.5 GHz. This will probably never be built because of the size of most devices that would approach that high of an output.

 

[MATLABdude]

Whilst trying to wipe out a particularly large ant nest a few summers ago, I had a whimsical thought about microwaving the whole nest with just such a beast (even if you didn't microwave the actual ants, I thought that the steam generated would at least autoclave the nest).

Actually, a regular microwave would probably be better since it's probably more about the energy delivered, rather than the power.

 

[theobserver]

Funny thought lol :P

That wouldn't work, it isn't nearly enough, wrong frequency, ant the pulses must be only half to one cycle long each. It is a challenge.

 

[berkeman]

Closing thread as discussion of dangerous activity.