Re: High voltage standing waves with a magnetron?

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


If you do this experiment --- be very careful.

Microwaves cook part of your eye and you can go instantly blind in both eyes
in seconds.

If not in a proper enclosure you might wish to pass on this experiment.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
E11870 Shadylane Rd.
Baraboo   WI   53913
 >
 > I was just curious if anyone experimented with high voltage standing waves
 > from a magnetron and trying to create a resonant rise from them? My idea
 > for a safe experiment, would be taking a small microwave oven magnetron,
 > power the filament at that standard 3 volts ac or dc, and applying
 > EXTREMELY small power HV DC current to the entire device, like 4000 volts
 > at a half a milliamp, to keep the power output at about 2 watts rather
than
 > the normal 1KW, would a circuit like this work? Or would the heating
 > current to the filament have to be reduced as well?