[time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 184, Issue 13

[Dan Kemppainen]

Paul,

To me it appears that "A" frame supporting half of the wire is a spring. 
It only makes sense the designers would want some axial tension. The "A" 
frame shape would supply axial load while providing excellent radial 
stability in all directions. (If this isn't the case, why is that 
support so thin???)

If you look close here, I think you'll see what I'm talking about:
http://www.rdrelectronics.com/skip/CS-tube/cstube7.jpg
Look close at the wire, both halves are no longer in the same plane, and 
are no longer parallel.

Again, most likely not repairable due to the spring tension (or missing 
wire!). That said, If it were my tube I'd have a hard time not wasting a 
few hours with a capacitor and mallet. Nothing to loose but a little time!

Dan



On 11/14/2019 12:00 PM, time-nuts-request at lists.febo.com wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:05:32 -0500
> From: paul swed<paulswedb at gmail.com>
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
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> Hi Dan at least the pictures I have seen are that the ionizer is a thin
> ribbon. I have not seen a filament style ionizer for cesium beam tubes.
> Regards
> Paul
> WB8TSL