[Milsurplus] Mil Surp and radiation

[C Whitaker]

de WB2CPN

Some radar tubes had (have) three-electrode T/R
tubes.  Some of the military radio I've seen used
an ionized gas to lower the breakdown voltage,
and the gas itself is a complicated  mixture.
The idea is to stabilize the breakdown point in all
kinds of tempertures, etc.  There used to be a gas
rectifier in all the old car radios.  OZ3 I think.
Same for most VR Tubes.  I think barium or boron
was the source of excitation.  Trivia.

73  Clete