One consideration is that Magnetrons are NOT designed, normally for ccs
service-- they are designed for "PULSE" service, even the ovens- (duty
cycle of MUCH less then even .5) and, pulse transmissions arn't looked
favorably on many of the microwave bands any more.


Anchor wrote:
Frank,

Thanks for the advise.

Obviously if it was trivial to modify magnetrons for communications in the
13 cm S band, there would be a lot of high power activity on that band and
fewer dead microwave ovens in landfill sites.

Surely a near KW of radio energy can be used for more than re-warming
left-overs. Maybe not.