On 30/12/12 00:33, Joe Leikhim wrote:
I wonder if a small laser like those salvaged from a CDR writer would be
effective at evaporating the rb?
I doubt it. 250 mW laser compared to my (small) 300 W heat-gun? It took
some time to heat the rubidium up to achieve the effect. Too little
power, an
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Should be easy enough for you to figure out. The idea is to
evaporate any rubidium that is blocking the light from leaving
the bulb and ma
Hey, thanks, Chuck. I think I have a couple of candidates. Soon as I get
some time. . .
Don
Chuck Harris
> Should be easy enough for you to figure out. The idea is to
> evaporate any rubidium that is blocking the light from leaving
> the bulb and making a straight path to the filter cell, and
> u
Chuck hit the nail on the head. Thats what I have done and it restores the
bulbs nicely.
I have seen both the darkened area and actually a silver-ish glob that when
heat moved around and finally evaporated.
Paul
WB8TSL
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Chuck Harris wrote:
> Should be easy enough
Should be easy enough for you to figure out. The idea is to
evaporate any rubidium that is blocking the light from leaving
the bulb and making a straight path to the filter cell, and
ultimately the detector end of the package. Look at the bulb
on the side where the light must exit, and if it is s
this would be even better with some arrows showing where to put the heat
to heal the lamp!
Don
cdel...@juno.com
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> Here is a PIX of various Rubidium lamps.
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>>From the left top,
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> Tracor EG&G LPRO 5065A R20 FRS PRS10
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> bottom two are FRK
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> I'll see if Tom Van Baak will add th
