• DocumentCode
    1526242
  • Title

    The rhumbatron wave-guide switch

  • Author

    MacLese, A. ; Ashmead, J.

  • Volume
    93
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1946
  • fDate
    4/29/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    700
  • Lastpage
    702
  • Abstract
    The paper describes how a wave guide may be closed and opened by tuning and detuning a cavity coupled to the wave guide. The cavity is a gas-filled rhumbatron and is coupled so that when it is tuned, a high impedance is placed in series with the guide. When the gas is ionized the cavity is detuned and the wave guide opened. Two switch units may be combined to switch the received beam on a radar set in which the same aerial is used for transmission and reception.
  • Keywords
    electron tubes; radar equipment; waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineers - Part IIIA: Radiolocation, Journal of the Institution of
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ji-3a-1.1946.0161
  • Filename
    5299529