[time-nuts] Fwd: Fwd: HP5061B Ion Current

John Miles john at miles.io
Wed Mar 22 17:34:38 EDT 2017


Yeah, I wouldn't worry about the oven, but the ionizer filament is a different story.  Those can definitely open up.

-- john,  KE5FX
Miles Design LLC


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> Donald E. Pauly
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> I have posted two HP patents on the cesium beam tube at
> http://gonascent.com/papers/hp/US3323008.pdf and
> http://gonascent.com/papers/hp/US3397310.pdf . Both are of academic
> interest. The first claims that the cesium oven operates at 60°-70° C.
> This is a tiny heating compared to a 1,000° filament on a power
> transmitting tube.  I say that it can be cycled a million times with
> no problem of thermal cracking.
> 
> πθ°μΩω±√·Γλ
> WB0KVV
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