[time-nuts] Dead 5061B

[paul swed]

Its a hot wire ionizer (I know thats the name.) so its a heater more then a
cathode. But in reality its goal is to filter CS atoms. That is it directs
one state of the CS stream that did not flip from the microwave interaction
to the getter and the other that did to the collector and detector.
increasing the signal to noise ratio for the detector. Not clear that all
CS tubes have collectors.
Regards
paul
WB8TSL

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 9:09 PM jimlux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 11/8/19 2:25 PM, paul swed wrote:
> > Hello to the group.
> > A few years back Skip took apart a 5061 CS tube. Took the best pictures
> > with detail that has ever been posted. I really learned about the
> internal
> > details from his effort.
> > Tom kindly found the links re-posted here.
> >
> >
> http://lists.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts_lists.febo.com/2016-October/083806.html
> >
> > The entire thread is interesting:
> >
> >
> http://lists.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts_lists.febo.com/2016-October/date.html#end
> >
> > In a off thread email we discussed the possibility of reattaching the
> > ionizer. Please look at the ionizer picture and you will see why that
> will
> > not work. Unlike a classic light bulb with tight coils of filament and
> > droop for expansion and contraction the ionizer is a straight tight
> ribbon.
> > When it pops material gets vaporized or simply falls away. There is no
> > material to by chance reattach.
> >
> > Granted there is nothing to lose by tinkering around its dead and in
> > reality thats what a Time-nut does.
> >
> > The very best of luck to you Jim and though your CS may be dead its been
> > great to read others help and guidance.
> >
>
> Totally ignorant of how these things work inside, but is the "ionizer"
> just a heater, or is it more like the cathode of a vacuum tube?
>
>
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