In article et,
"Doug" wrote:

Of course, the old neon bulb on a wooden
dowel still works also.
Doug K7ABX

You actually use a wooden dowel? I just put the NE2's on a string, and
hang it in front of the Waveguide flange, about an inch or two.


Bruce in alaska How well does an NE2 work on a 2Kw Tx these days?
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Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
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Bruce in alaska How well does an NE2 work on a 2Kw Tx these days?


Hmm...Might be fun to stick a few NE2s to the outside of the dome on the
new Raymarine 2KW we're about to put up. Then, you might be able to tell
it its really on the air.

Great idea, Bruce....

In article ,
Larry W4CSC wrote:

Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
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Bruce in alaska How well does an NE2 work on a 2Kw Tx these days?


Hmm...Might be fun to stick a few NE2s to the outside of the dome on the
new Raymarine 2KW we're about to put up. Then, you might be able to tell
it its really on the air.

Great idea, Bruce....



Hope, by the time the RF goes thru the waveguide, rotory joint, and is
dispersed across that little Panel Antenna, the Power Density of the
transmitter pulse will not be sufficent to cause an NE2 to ionize.

It was a good guess however......



Bruce in alaska
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Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
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Hope, by the time the RF goes thru the waveguide, rotory joint, and is
dispersed across that little Panel Antenna, the Power Density of the
transmitter pulse will not be sufficent to cause an NE2 to ionize.

It was a good guess however......


If we lay out the NE2s leads in 1/2 wave lengths, there should be plenty of
voltage at the end of the 1/2 wave "arms" to fire off 68V of neon.

I'll let you know how it looks....(c;