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Inside a 20-Watt Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier from Apollo

How did the Apollo astronauts communicate on their trip to the Moon, 240,000 miles back to Earth? They used a 32-pound amplifier, built ar...
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Jul 8, 2021Inside a 20-Watt Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier from Apollo by chmaynard14536

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