[Amps] GS35B glowing ceramic TSPA

[Bill Turner]

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At 09:08 AM 2/24/2006, Tony King - W4ZT wrote:
>You can see the innards of the tube here: <http://gs35b.com/gs35b/bang.html>
>You will notice that the ceramic bulges out and is presented
>horizontally adjacent to and just above the copper anode before turning
>downward. This might support the electron bombardment theory.

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Why would the electrons bombard the ceramic? Ceramic is a 
near-perfect insulator and could not possibly attract electrons, 
unlike the heavily positive anode. A few random electrons, yes, but 
that glow appears to me to be much more substantial than that. I vote 
for the soft x-ray theory.

73, Bill W6WRT