On Sunday 26 February 2006 02:52, John Doty wrote: > When the HETE ground station at Kwajalein was first put into service > in 2000, the RF preamps had a very short life span. Apparently the > Kwajalein Missile Range occasionally pointed a megawatt radar in our > direction :-0. I was thinking 12AT7, but we found a commercial solid > state preamp that could take the punishment.
Would it not have been possible to filter the input for high-power spikes before the pre-amp? Just curious. I'm interested to hear that you work on space systems -- it's the field I want to get into when I graduate. :) Peter -- Quake II build tools: http://peter-b.co.uk/ v2sw6YShw7$ln5pr6ck3ma8u6/8Lw3+2m0l7Ci6e4+8t4Eb8Aen5+6g6Pa2Xs5MSr5p4 hackerkey.com
