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Gave a thin film titanium coated copper target a beating last night. It puked a meganeut or so at 50kV after effectively instantly loading. Wasn't a lot left of it when I pulled it out for a look at the damage. Good stuff!

Also attaching a video, a few photos, and a cool .gif of the focal spot adjusting at lower power. First one's the gif.

https://youtu.be/jLvlHaeXsss
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Robert,

Excellent as always! How thick was your Titanium coating, and are you currently cooling your target?

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You can really see the secondary electrons hitting the viewport, a magnet might work to deflect them.
What's the x-ray dose rate at the viewport?
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I just finised work on my new SSPA with 1kW to drive my plasma heating.
Attached you see the numbers (going up to 850W) and a nice picture of the device.
The short video shows the very first test without adjusting the tuner - so you see almost the same power reflected as going out. The sound gives you an idea of the powersupply needed for this!! Unfortunatly the file was not uploaded due to a mp4-restriction.

@Robert: I did not see any RF-discharges in the tuner - as you did. What power levels did you reach when these issues occured?

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Werner
Nice to see you using the W6PQL kits for the SSPA.
You can see my build on https://www.qrz.com/db/ZL2TUD
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The first prototype of the RF-coil
The first prototype of the RF-coil
@John: You are right! But I did not use the controlling boards. The reason for choosing the BLF188XR was its robustness versus Price. The right device for a plasma generator! Are you also going to use it for this purpose - or just for ham?
I just read that you are very good in designing RF devices: I still do not know how to design the antenna for the plasma. My first idea was just trying to use a copper pipe with 14 turns and give it a try - using the tuner. I also thought about calculating a kind of resonance frequency resulting out of the geometry – but did not succeed. Next try was to use a spectrum analyzer with a VSWR bridge to measure the resonance frequency - did not work. What do you think will be the right way to focus on – from your experience?

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Werner
we should transfer this to a new post so as to not dilute the good work of Robert Tubbs
I'll start a new post under ion sources to answer this
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Post by Roberto Ferrari »

Hi Robert,
Please, comment about the RF power on your Ion Source Inductively Coupled as well as the Proton/Deuteron current.
Could you provide some diagram of your source? I am curious about the three extractors electrodes.
Thanks!
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