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From: arnief@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Arnie Frisch)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: microwave oven degradation
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Date: 26 Oct 89 16:59:06 GMT
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Reply-To: arnief@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Arnie Frisch)
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1.  Getting 250 to 300 watts of RF from an oven that draws 900 watts
from the line is probably par.

2.  They're Magnetrons, not Klystrons.

3.  They degrade with time - sloooowly!


Arnold Frisch
Tektronix Laboratories