Herschel transmitter
| Herschel transmitter | |||||||||
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| Pattern type | Conduit | ||||||||
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| Input | Herschel | ||||||||
| Output | tandem glider | ||||||||
| Number of cells | 26 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 19 × 18 | ||||||||
| Step | Unknown | ||||||||
| Recovery time (ignoring FNG if any) |
116 ticks | ||||||||
| Minimum overclock period (ignoring FNG if any) |
Unknown | ||||||||
| Spartan? | Yes | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Paul Callahan | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1997 | ||||||||
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Herschel transmitter, in the narrow sense, is a stable Herschel-to-tandem glider converter found by Paul Callahan in May 1997. Labelled HSW-2T21_SW-7T38, it produces two gliders on parallel tracks separated by five half-diagonals. This G5 glider pair can be used as an input to the original Herschel receiver.
The converter consists of a house siamese shillelagh, a snake and an eater 1. The larger but more Spartan dead spark coil is sometimes substituted for the house siamese shillelagh, because a dead spark coil is easier to construct with a slow salvo. If the eater 1 is removed, a U-turner forms at generation 63 instead of the second glider.
In the broad sense, the term Herschel transmitter can refer to other Herschel-to-tandem glider converters provided that a corresponding receiver exists.
See also
External links
- Herschel transmitter at the Life Lexicon