Notes on Aperiodic Amplification and Application to the Study of Atmospherics

It is shown that ordinary amplifiers cannot produce true repeater action when aperiodic transients are impressed on the system. The output current can, however, be interpreted in terms of the coupling. For true aperiodic amplification the time constants have to be chosen such that the system gives true repeater action. An aperiodic amplifier using space-charge tubes is shown.