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lindisfel said:
Its special high gain amplifier you can put one or two watts of TV transmitter power into and get 40 kW out.
It has four resonant cavities that are tweaked by the initiated to give the full bandwidth of TV transmitter signal.
They are are a cavity resonator.
Similar to a travelling wave tube and a linear accelerator.
Now they use modulation differently for digital output.
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And I understand that?
It's a way of sending a signal?
I have Wi-Fi now. Or is that too simplistic?
 
lindisfel said:
Thanks Ian, one needs
Klystron is from a Greek word that describes waves breaking on beach. Very analogous to what they do.
Broadcast Kystrons are c.2.2 meters long cooled by a water circuit and take time to dress and put in a truck put in the transmitter

Klystrons in hospitals are smaller and produce an oscillator high power pump signal to speed up a beam to approaching the speed of light the electron beam within the tube to near the speed of light, and produces treatment collimated to treat patients with radiotherapy up to 20Mev.
Alternatively a tungsten target is swung in the way of the beam and it produces a beam of Xrays
C.12 MV or more or less. All collimated to treat the tumours in precise areas by a calculated depth dose by physicists.
If you know your physics like Alf you know it as breaking radiation or Bremstralung.
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Thanks Derek. I liked the word collimated - I like words. I appreciate and am so grateful for both those who have knowledge and skills in Maths and Science and what that enables. One body many members and all that. Shalom and thanks.
 
lindisfel said:
Thanks Ian, one needs advice like that.


Klystron is from a Greek word that describes waves breaking on beach. Very analogous to what they do.

Broadcast Kystrons are c.2.2 meters long cooled by a water circuit and take time to dress and put in a truck to put in the transmitter

Klystrons in hospitals are smaller and produce an oscillator high power pump signal to speed up a beam to approaching the speed of light the electron beam within the tube to near the speed of light, and produces treatment collimated to treat patients with radiotherapy up to 20Mev.
Alternatively a tungsten target is swung in the way of the beam and it produces a beam of Xrays
C.12 MV or more or less. All collimated to treat the tumours in precise areas by a calculated depth dose by physicists.
If you know your physics like Alf you know it as breaking radiation or Bremstralung.
Its Einstein's equation about mass and acceleration in a practical application.
D.
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Also used in high power radar installations I believe some large enough to put an arm in but inadvisable as one of our ground radar technicians found as even after system powered down still are energetic for some while.
 
Turns out Neil forgot to arrange MOT for the Scenic. Remembered this morning and checked the note on the front of the fridge and found it should have been done on 11th! It can't be done now until Wednesday week so we'll have to use it on Thursday to get my legs bandaged and to do enough shopping to last for the whole week at least. Just have to hope no-one notices. Neil is a careful driver so it should be allright, although you never know. Fingers crossed.

Some time ago, when I was still driving, I had a call from a friend. She had been stopped by police on a road about 3 miles north of town. She hadn't realised that she had missed the MOT date (her recently deceased husband had always dealt with that) and she was told she would have to get the car towed into a garage and she could not drive it into the garage. She had an elderly, disabled man in the car with her and was taking him to his house about 20 miles south of the town. She asked if she could just use the car to get into the town where she could find someone to take the old man home. The answer was no. When I arrived to collect them, they were exhausted and cold having stood there waiting in the cold for over half an hour. Had the heating full on in the car so they warmed up by the time we got him home. Then I took my friend home 30 miles away; then 17 miles back to my house. Just hoping nothing of the kind happens on Thursday. At least the mileage would be less.

Probably wrong but not absolutely sure that the police acted correctly in that instance, certainly there was no compassion for my friend or her passenger.
 
Depends on what age Mr Charlton was at the time! Ha!
I get it!
difference between a viva and a silver shadow?
difference between man city and tranmere?

when I started on the production line, there was two variants of viva.
Big standard and deluxe, other than engine size, the difference was ash trays in the deluxe model!!!
lindisfel said:
What do you think you would think to someone comparing Bobby Charlton to 5 year old playing foot ball?
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Annb said:
Turns out Neil forgot to arrange MOT for the Scenic. Remembered this morning and checked the note on the front of the fridge and found it should have been done on 11th! It can't be done now until Wednesday week so we'll have to use it on Thursday to get my legs bandaged and to do enough shopping to last for the whole week at least. Just have to hope no-one notices. Neil is a careful driver so it should be allright, although you never know. Fingers crossed.

Some time ago, when I was still driving, I had a call from a friend. She had been stopped by police on a road about 3 miles north of town. She hadn't realised that she had missed the MOT date (her recently deceased husband had always dealt with that) and she was told she would have to get the car towed into a garage and she could not drive it into the garage. She had an elderly, disabled man in the car with her and was taking him to his house about 20 miles south of the town. She asked if she could just use the car to get into the town where she could find someone to take the old man home. The answer was no. When I arrived to collect them, they were exhausted and cold having stood there waiting in the cold for over half an hour. Had the heating full on in the car so they warmed up by the time we got him home. Then I took my friend home 30 miles away; then 17 miles back to my house. Just hoping nothing of the kind happens on Thursday. At least the mileage would be less.

Probably wrong but not absolutely sure that the police acted correctly in that instance, certainly there was no compassion for my friend or her passenger.
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The problem now is they get all the information on you and your vehicle through the computerised system and it's a risk using a vehicle that's not MOT'd. Perhaps you can get some help from friends but often there are unofficial car schemes where people run others to hospital and surgeries at minimal cost.
D.
 
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JohnEGreen said:
Also used in high power radar installations I believe some large enough to put an arm in but inadvisable as one of our ground radar technicians found as even after system powered down still are energetic for some while.
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The first thing a senior engineer says to his shift assistant when he frigs the interlocks to find a fault is..."You didn't see me do this!"
D. :)
 
gennepher said:
At the Polish shop this morning there was a whole pile of new Polish foods, so I am using Google translate...

There was a bag of bamboo flour. After ascertaining it was ok for diabetics, I bought a bag. Now looking for recipes...
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I have never come across bamboo flour @gennepher. I will be very interested to know what it tasted like.
 
ianpspurs said:
Thank you for another fantastic creative to brighten our day and continue to share Diwali. Enjoy the cauliflower soup. Neither I, my dad nor granddad had any joy growing those in the Old Country - even in the scientifically mixed raised beds. Here's some bamboo flour recipes. @Krystyna23040 automatics are definitely the way to go. Cruise control - especially on motorways (Paris to Bordeaux for example) and in traffic is perfect.
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Very interesting bamboo flour recipes @ianpspurs.

It does seem that automatic cars are easier, and perhaps more relaxing, to drive than manual cars.

Mr K has been talking me through how to drive it so hopefully I will be ok driving it when we pick it up Friday.
 
Annb said:
I've only once driven an automatic and I didn't like it. I suppose I might have got used to it had I continued but I must be some kind of control freak (ask my sons :happy:) but I want to be in control of what the car is doing, not under the control of the car's computer.
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I am really hoping that I do like driving it. I will find out on Friday.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
I am really hoping that I do like driving it. I will find out on Friday.
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You got this, @Krystyna23040
You'll be absolutely fine.

Biggest issue is the improved sun tan on drivers side window arm ;)

In many respects, as I'm sure you're sick of hearing, the auto is much easier than manual.

But i remember similar reservations my first auto, too.

I think it's the more linear thinking that tricked me at first

I had gotten so used to the complexity of...

"Start car,
*depress clutch,
*engage gear,
*balance both clutch
and accelerator until you find the biting point,
* move forward..
* Constantly monitor gear ratio/revs,
*Constantly shift up & down gears as intentional speed/speed reduction requires.
*constantly balancing forward movement / braking moments needs with deft use of brake/accelerator/clutch pedals
Repeat this Ad infinitum until You exit car "

That the simplicity of .
"Depress brake,
start car,
Slap it into drive,
Hit Gas
Come off Gas.
Hit brake to slow or stop.
Hit Gas.
Repeat Ad infinitum until you exit car"

Seemed unnatural.

**Of course using handbrake as required**


I found that forgetting the ABC
and thinking of the pedals as
STOP & GO helped

For you, perhaps It's akin to a student of yours having to concentrate on the instructors movements, while doing their best to mirror them

With the auto version, they know what the movements are and thus are not wasting time checking the instructor at the front of the class, but instead now have more time to focus on getting their body & muscles into the correct alignment for the next position or pose ?

Short link, sure you've checked similar, from the RAC.
 
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ianpspurs said:
Good morning one and all from a calmer but damp L.A. If it is Tuesday it must be two counties, two cars school/child minder pickup then feeding - (not quite a frenzy). Scout, Squirrel, Petite miss (I'm a big girl now, I go to school) and The Little Guy © Yes, absolutely Petula but a tad busy at times. Talking of countryside transport and MOTs, tomorrow the venerable RR needs one. We/it will go into Cambs for the 4x4 specialist we use then we need to go to Newmarket (which really is and wants to be Cambs) for my bloods. Diary secretary needs the Old Spanish Archer like Suella. Aldi is opposite the hospital so we'll go in there as well. @dunelm enjoy the dehydrated water, SW and time with your brother. (Thoughts and prayers for SIL?) Thanks for sharing the development of the art. @Annb I'm with you on syrup, I've never eaten Yorkshire P with a sweet topping. There was always plenty of jam and bottled fruit as a child. The best jam was "Yellow Egg" - yellow Pershore plum. I'm pretty sure many of you may have been sold it as apricot. Those plums were a big earner for growers and we pickers. EU part 1 ended that, cheaper to import frozen so all the orchards went. I need more tea, something to take tablets with and to deliver tea even unto those who find this all a tad early. Peace be with you all.
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Thank you @ianpspurs
 
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