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Re:Inside a 20-Watt Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier from Apollo by tyingq on Thursday July 08, 2021 @05:55PM (#27778095)
Here's a traveling wave tube amp that does 5 kilowatts: https://www.arworld.us/post/5700TP12G18.pdf?44385.7040046296
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Re:Inside a 20-Watt Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier from Apollo by madengr on Thursday July 08, 2021 @06:23PM (#27778341)
The tube on the cover of this book is 1 MW at 90 GHz.

https://www.amazon.com/Tube-Guys-Norman-H-Pond/dp/0981692303

It's for an airborne ADS (i.e. pain ray). Good book if you want the detailed history of microwave tubes.

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