On 10/15/15, jim bell <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > However, for REAL damage, it would be useful to pulse the kilovolts into the > magnetron: Generally if you increase the voltage by 10, the power increases > by 100. Feed that microwave magnetron with brief (microseconds) pulses of > 40,000 volts, rather than 4000, and it will probably generate close to 100 > kilowatts. It would be necessary to establish that such a system will not > arc with over-voltage, either within the waveguide or the associated > high-voltage wiring.
high voltage solid state built into shielding around the waveguide/magnetron cavity presents smallest external hazard and compact too. of course, another order-of-mag level up in explosively pumped EW weapons :) now for buckysheet airogel supercapacitors to get cheap... best regards,
