Above: An x-ray of the CV56 showing the strapping.
Below: A picture of a dismantled CV56 (Photo by Mark Atherton)
| CV56 B and C S-band magnetrons. CV56 was the first strapped magnetron to go into production. At 15kV/15A input this gave between 80 and 100kW peak output power at an efficiency of 40%. It was used in the Type 271Q naval radar. See also CV76 which is a higher power version. | |
|
|
|
|
This file was last modified
23:10:33, Wednesday February 23, 2022