Remembrances of vacuum tube days
As a young teenager, I developed a love for electronics which became a lifelong love affair. In those days vacuum tubes were the norm and solid state devices such as transistors weren't in usage then....
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In the mid 90s helped with the design of a 200 megawatt two channel amplifier. It used 12 ML8618 water cooled magnetically beamed triodes.
Some of one bank of tubes.
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Amplifier testing area.
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At one time while working on Scyllac we had an amplifier chain of 100 ML8618 tubes for a total output power of 2.5 Gigawatt. filament power was 32 kilowatt.
Some of one bank of tubes.
Click For Full-Size Image.Amplifier testing area.
Click For Full-Size Image.At one time while working on Scyllac we had an amplifier chain of 100 ML8618 tubes for a total output power of 2.5 Gigawatt. filament power was 32 kilowatt.
