engsol wrote in
:

it used a klystron rather than a maggie. Strange beast, but reliable.



The really big radars still use klystrons, not magnetrons. FAA's S-band
radars used by centers for enroute traffic uses a magnetron firing into an
amplitron for their power. I visited lots of FAA's radar sites in the 90's
calibrating the site test equipment from a mobile lab.

--
Larry

You know you've had a rough night when you wake up and your outlined in
chalk.