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The different discharge regimes of the double-plate hollow-cathode are analysed with respect to the high plasmon levels, which are measured by the spectroscopic plasma-satellite method. The high-current glow discharge at start up creates a preplasma, which lets charging half-cycles start in an alternating order from both cathodes. They follow a cylindric boundary surrounding the central plasma cylinder, which exceeds the cut-off density, and thus constitute a self sustaining microwave oscillator. The ions from anodic space are radially attracted by the scattered Hertzian electrons and approach the central plasma, where they get neutralized upon penetrating the boundary, which is steadily displacing. Below the spiking threshold these ions of a high final radial velocity are responsible for the rapidly growing plasma core, whose expansion velocity has a strong cooling effect on the radial electron kinetic energy. Then a Lorentzian line shape indicating critical damping over a single oscillation is found for the near and the far satellites to the forbidden component of the helium I 447 nm line, corresponding to a field of up to 4 kV cm−1. The rotating wave approximation allows us to derive the exponential damping of the field envelope. The other solution of the rotating wave approximation is associated with the reflection of microwaves at the plasma boundary. Above the spiking threshold the production of wave fields around the plasma frequency in the central region is continued by the 4 ns current spikes. But the boundary conditions of high-current electron-neutral scattering require a spatially evanescent Green's function, therefore within both regions 2 mm adjacent to the cathode surfaces no plasma-satellites are then found.