Transmitting Tubes for Scatter Communications

Continuous wave klystron amplifiers have undergone considerable development in recent years, and a marked advance in the state of the art has resulted. The characteristics of these amplifiers that make them especially attractive for scatter communication will be reviewed. The design philosophy of some modern amplifiers will be reviewed, including the following tubes: 1) 10 kw output at 2000 mc, 50 db gain, 2) 2 kw output at 6000 mc, 50 db gain.