CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION . . .page 5 



THE TEST PROGRAM ... 5 

 Test specimen ... 5 

 Operating conditions ... 6 

 Performance measurements ... 6 

 Test conditions . . . 6 



VERIFICATION OF SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS ... 7 



CONCLUSION . . . 17 



RECOMMENDATIONS . . . 17 



APPENDIX: TEST FACIUTIES AND INSTRUMENTATION ... 79 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Al - A2 Environmental chamber and vibrator, photographs . . . page 20 

 A3 - A4 Control console and monitoring instrumentation, photographs ... 22 

 A5 Test instrumentation, block diagram 22 



TABLES 



1 Various applied treatments . . .page 8 



2-7 Test data of three if/am amplifier modules . . . 9-14 



8 Estimates of output power from regression equation . . . 16 



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