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

[paul swed]

Dan thats a really good observation and I agree with your comment. No
matter we both agree shaking, wiggling and hoping are not going to work.
Regards
Paul

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 8:24 PM Dan Kemppainen <dan at irtelemetrics.com>
wrote:

> 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:
> > Message: 1
> > 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
>
>
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