METHOD AND APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING A SCAN STRATEGY FOR AUTOMATIC HIGH POWER TUBE RECOVERY

摘要

A method of reducing power to an electron emitting cathode comprises the steps of sensing a weather condition; calculating a condition number based upon the weather condition (30); comparing the condition number to a threshold (62); and reducing the power to the electron emitting cathode when the condition number is greater than the threshold (64). The apparatus and method may be implemented upon a system (10) having a high voltage power source (12), an RF tube (14), a control processor (16), and a signal processor (18).