[TheForge] Microwaving Metals From the Virtual Junkyard

Tue Jan 6 13:20:01 2004

Hi Grover,

	ET(SS) here, I started out as ET(R) which is where I learned 
the 10 then volunteered to go subs and got to work on the BPS-15 
(SSN-694 and SSN-575). If you want to see a interesting piece of wave 
guide look at one that has to penetrate a subs pressure hull. One of 
our worst problems was the exterior guide often leaked and the 
microwaves don't travel too well through seawater the magnetron did 
not like firing into a shorted guide  too much either :-)

  I used to have several of the magnets but lost them along the way 
but they sure can cause some real problems with video monitors. I 
once ruined a color TV with a magnet from the BPS-15 brought it up 
close to the screen and had a good time making the picture shrink 
down to the size of a quarter but afterwards I never could align the 
beam back to get a proper color picture. I figure I must have 
magnetized the shadow mask or something anyway that cost me a new TV 
set because the wife did not appreciate seeing the images with red 
blue and green halos around everything.

>Greetings:
>	FTG here, shared space with the 10 and others (which I have
>forgotten<G>).  CA-148 Newport News

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