Re: magnetrons as diodes

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>

If you use the original microwave oven transformer, you can use the 
filament winding to heat the cathode like in the original 
configuration, and the case would be the anode of the diode.  If the 
magnets were removed, I don't think the cavities inside would 
resonate, so I don't think microwaves would be produced. "

   Absolutely right on both counts.  Don't know what the voltage 
drop will be though.  Certainly more than a string of 1N4007's or 
something like that but might be usable.  Easy to tell by energizing 
the heater and measure the voltage drop vs current with a DC supply.

Ed