A medium power traveling-wave tube for 6000 mc/sec radio relay

This paper discusses a five watt, 30 db. gain traveling-wave tube designed for use in the 5925 to 6425 mc common carrier band. A description of the tube and its accompanying magnetic circuit is given. This is followed by a presentation of performance data for the tube over a wide range of beam currents and voltages. Measurements of the compression and amplitude-to-phase modulation conversion in the non-linear operating region are included, as is a discussion of the noise performance at both low and high levels.