When the long pulses of RF energy are selected manually (or sometimes automatically), the radar is said to be operating in the long pulse mode. In general, "long pulse mode" is used to obtain high average power for long-range search or tracking, and "short pulse mode" gives low average...
The device has some banana plugs coming out of it which are labeled "-250V" "-125V" and "+250V". Then there is another pair of banana plugs which a DMM says is hooked up to the filament. I reverse engineered the body of the device and have an OK idea of what's going on insid...