Re: Smallest TC ever

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

me?!?! watches?!?! no way! I used a toothepick with a groove on it to guide
the wire onto the tube and i used talc to stop it from breaking - it took
hours!!!!

Jason
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> Original poster: "Area31 Research Facility by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <rwstephens-at-hurontario-dot-net>
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> Jason,
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> That sounds like a nice achievement.  Winding a coil with #42 wire is
indeed a
> challenge.  I have found it breaks merely with the friction of passing
over
> one's finger while attempting to guide it.  Did you once make mechanical
> watches for a living? :)
>
> Robert W. Stephens
> Director
> AREA31 Research Facility
> AREA31 Radio Observatory
> Co-curator
> Hangar31 Vintage TV Museum
> <http://www.area31-dot-org>www.area31-dot-org
> >
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> > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 14:31
> > Subject: Smallest TC ever
> >
> > Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz
> > <<mailto:twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
> > <<mailto:jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Yesterday I built the smallest TC I had ever seen!!! Here are the specs:
> >
> > 0.8" by 3" secondary with 42AWG radio wire - 1200T
> > Primary built out of old model railway track, tuned then soldered
> > 950V 10mA tranny from an old radio transmitter
> > 0.03uF plate caps made out of old 7" vynil records
> >
> > This is a truly tiny TC. Its resonance is at about 650KHz which is about
4
> > times higher than my normal 270W coil. Im gonna put some pics on my site
> > soon,
> > so I will let you all know. The max. spark length is about 2" with 3 5p
coins
> > stuck together with araldite and its great for demonstrations!
> >
> > Jason
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