[Milsurplus] Mystery Tube at the Radio Technology Museum
Al Klase
ark at ar88.net
Sun Apr 30 10:33:19 EDT 2017
Wayne,
Yes, it bothers me that the prism and the shield are floating. I
thought about X-rays early on, but it's nothing like a Coolidge tube.
Even if the prism was connected, the spacing is too close to allow any
significant high voltage.
I hadn't thought about radioactive components, but it's negative for
beta and gamma on the Geiger counter.
I guess I'm going to have to light the thing up.
Thanks for the input,
Al
On 4/30/2017 2:19 AM, hwhall at compuserve.com wrote:
> 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.html 73, Al -- Al
> Klase – N3FRQ Jersey City, NJ http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
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