Chapter 19 - Dr. Rife's Gating
Chapter 19 - Dr. Rife's Gating
Chapter #19
In the original Dr. Gruner machine which was built by Philip Hoyland,
there was only one fixed low audio frequency of about 1330 Hertz
used for gating. But the original 1936/39 Hoyland machine called the
Rife Ray #5 or Beam Ray Clinical instrument was advanced forward in
electronics and used a variable low audio frequency circuit. With this
variable audio circuit, no separate gating circuit was needed because
the variable low audio frequency circuit would do the same thing. It
would gate or shape the high RF sine wave frequency into the shape
of a square wave. This use of a variable audio circuit also produced
many high RF sideband frequencies. In simple terms, the fixed gating
frequency was no longer needed because of the variable audio circuit.
But many people today want to have the ability to add an additional
second pulse to the waveform so this is what gating is used for today.
Below is a photo of a 1000 Hertz square wave waveform with no
gating. The square wave duty cycle is 80%.
The next photo shows the same 1000 Hertz square wave waveform
using a 75% gating duty cycle. The large gaps in the frequency are
the gate. You will notice that the ON time of the frequency is 75%
and the OFF time of the frequency is 25%.
The next two photos show a 50% gate and a 25% gate.
These photos of waveforms show how gating works and how it adds
an additional pulse to the waveform depending on the duty cycle of
the gate. Not only can the gate duty cycle be adjusted but the cycles
per second or Hertz can also be adjusted. By doing this it can vary
the pulsing in the waveform. In Dr. Rife's original equipment the gate
was fixed at a 50% duty cycle and the cycles per second were about
1330 Hertz.
In the photo above you can see by the duty cycle percentage that
you only have 50% of the power in a frequency if you use a 50%
duty cycle. This is due to the fact that 50% of the power is lost in the
OFF time of the frequency. If you had an instrument that had a true
RMS (RMS is true power) 50-watt output then you would lose 25
watts of energy because of the OFF time. There would be 50 watts of
energy in the waveform, but only for the ON time.
Now if you use a 50% gate, shown in the next photo below, you
would lose an additional 50% more energy in the waveform. The
50% gating duty cycle would reduce the power in the waveform to
12.5 watts of energy.
For the reasons just explained gating should only be used if you
really understand what it does and how it affects the power output of
the frequency you are running. Most people use gating without
understanding what it is and how it works. Usually, there is sufficient
pulsing in the square wave waveform without the use of gating due to
the fact that the square wave waveform is already pulsing the
frequency being used. If a person wants to try gating and see if it
helps, having a good understanding of how gating works will help
them to choose a gate duty cycle and gate rate that may work the
best.