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English:
An experimental 3 GHz
microwave
AM
transmitter
and
receiver
using a
triode
vacuum tube
in
Barkhausen-Kurz
mode for both transmitting and receiving. In Barkhausen-Kurz mode the plate is biased near zero voltage while the grid is biased at a high positive voltage. The electrons oscillate back and forth through the grid, attracted by the grid and repelled by the low voltages on both the cathode and plate. The Barkhausen-Kurz was the first tube that could oscillate in the UHF range, and by the mid 30s could generate microwave frequencies. It was the only source of microwaves until the klystron was invented. The output frequency is determined by the geometry of the tube and the 4 cm half-wave antenna soldered directly to the grid terminal. The tubes and antennas are mounted at the focus of parabolic reflectors which are pointed at each other. In the receiver the Barkhausen-Kurz tube is operated below oscillation as an amplifier
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Alterations to image: Edited two images together and added label pointing out B-K tube
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| Source | Retrieved March 30, 2015 from C. W. Palmer, "Transmitting and receiving on 15 cm" in Short-Wave and Television magazine, Popular Book Corp., New York, Vol. 8, No. 9, January 1938, p. 476 on http://www.americanradiohistory.com . The source said it was based on an article in a recent issue of the French magazine Toute le Radio but there is no indication that the images were from that magazine |
| Author | C. W. Palmer |
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