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Streamer loading and tuning (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 15:39:24 +0100
From: Vivian <V.C.Watts-at-btinternet-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Streamer loading and tuning
Hi all,
Recent correspondence has prompted me to ask a few questions.
Reading correspondence from John Couture he suggests raising the height of
the secondary affects "find the proper tuning point". I have always
measured the resonance of my secondary with top load separately form the
primary. Then tune the primary circuit (without the secondary). Then I
have brought the two together. I have never tried re-tuning once together.
If the coupling can effect the tuning should I be tuning as a complete coil?
On a similar note. If a sparking coil has streamers which correspondence is
suggesting has a significant effect on top load capacitance. Would it be
better to de-tune the primary lower than the secondary such that when the
streamers are active they are in-tune?
Regards
Viv Watts UK.