[Milsurplus] Mystery Tube at the Radio Technology Museum

[hwhall at compuserve.com]

That hefty wedge, that is connected to nothing, made my mind jump towards something like an x-ray target. One way of generating x-rays was smashing high energy electrons into dense metal targets (e.g., tungsten). Except the target is supposed to be the anode & is usually just one beveled surface not two as in the pictured wedge. Why would that wedge just be hanging there connected to nothing, yet it seems an important part of the tube?

And the spindly little things at the top of the tube, what is that all about? The way they are staggered suggests someone wanted to sample something at different angles from the wedge.  But what??  

And the filament is weird, too. Is it to heat the wedge? Why? Also note the shield isn't connected to anything so how can it act as an electrostatic shield? Is it just a reflector to focus more filament heat onto the wedge??

Perhaps it was something cobbled together for some physics experiment? In which case there's no telling what it was supposed to do.


 Have you checked the tube for any radiation emissions?

Wayne

 WB4OGM

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Al Klase <ark at ar88.net>
To: Milsurplus <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sat, Apr 29, 2017 2:43 pm
Subject: [Milsurplus] Mystery Tube at the Radio Technology Museum

Gang,I posted this to The Tube Collectors Association a while back, but with the exception of one thoughtful reply from Jim W., all I heard was crickets.So, please take a look, and tell me what this is: http://www.rtm.ar88.net/tubes/mystery/Mystery%20Tube.html73,Al-- Al Klase – N3FRQJersey City, NJhttp://www.skywaves.ar88.net/______________________________________________________________Milsurplus mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milsurplusHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:Milsurplus at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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