"xbok" <xbok@tm.net.my> wrote in message news:436c37e5$1_2@news.tm.net.my...

What will happen if I install the microwave tube (from the microwave oven)
into the focus point of my 3 meters sattelite dish and turn on the power?
how far can this wave travel in space.
and what is the frequency of the this microwave?
Thanks

Howdy,

  Well, the operative word here is "tube"...I have an S-band
signal generator (from roughly the Apollo-11 era) and it
really doesn't get much use...

   I do recall an article on drilling holes in 2.45 GHz magnatrons
to control them with PLLs...You might look at the American
Radio Relay League archives.

   In theory, yes, you could bounce a signal off the moon
with the given setup.  But the resultant waveform would be
what would be called "prehistoric"...go figure.

73,
Guy - W6MSU