We describe a high-power high-frequency generator based on the hollow-cathode gas discharge. In the frequency range from 10 to 30 MHz, the output-signal power of this simple device with a cold cathode reaches 1 MW. The duration of the high-frequency pulse ranges from 0.4 to 1 µs.In terms of their simplicity, reliability, and effectiveness, generators of high-power high-frequency pulses based on the hollow-cathode discharge [1, 2] can be promising for many scientific and practical applications.The nature of the hollow-cathode discharge considered in detail in [3] provides a sufficient number of oscillational degrees of freedom [4]. Earlier, observation of high-frequency oscillations of various natures in a hollow-cathode discharge was reported in [5,6]. Therefore, application of these oscillations for the generation purposes is a natural decision. The authors of [7] presented the results of the first stage of studying a high-frequency generator based on the hollow-cathode discharge.This paper describes a novel generator with the Fig. 1. Appearance of the gas-discharge chamber of a high-frequency generator.hollow-cathode discharge, which forms high-power highfrequency pulses in the load circuit. A possible explanation for the appearance of the instability responsible for the high-frequency generation in a hollow-cathode gas discharge was given in [8,9]. Namely, it is the cathode-layer instability that leads to negative differential conductance at a certain frequency. The basis of the generator is the gas-discharge chamber, whose appearance is shown in Fig. 1, and the design scheme, in Fig. 2. The hollow cathode, anode, and insulator are the main elements of the chamber. The hollow cathode was made of a 0.3-mm thick sheet of stainless steel. It was rolled into a cylinder with the required diameter 100-200 mm and fixed in the vacuum chamber by means of special clamp 4. To change the depth of the hollow cathode, sheets with different widths were used. In the experiments, the internal diameter of the cathode was 150 mm, and its length, 170 mm. Technological nozzle 1 for gas evacuation is fixed at the end of vacuum chamber 2 made of stainless steel. Anode 6 is a solid stainless-steel cylinder of 70 mm in diameter. It was located coaxially to the hollow cathode at a distance of 25 mm from its open end. The anode was fixed on caprolon disk 7 which served as the insulator and the vacuum-tight flange of the chamber.