Sparks

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Subject: Sparks
From: gcerny-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com (Glenn Cerny )
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 21:19:08 -0800
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Fellow sparkers,

Lit my 4" coil for the first time last night.  Nothing really
spectacular compared to what some of you guys are getting, but
I'll take 1' with a single 60 ma neon into free air as an 
accomplishment for a first round test.  The setup is rather
crude and I am kind of suprised it came to life at all.  If there
wasn't florescent lights down here, I probably would not have found
the tune.  It is only 3.5 turns out and very sharp.  4 vaccuume
gaps that are not the best and only 12 ga wire to hook it all
together leaves considerable room to improve.  A couple of hits
to the florescent fixtures just short of 17" kept it interesting.  
Changed over to 4 ga for the tank tonight.  Tomorrow I'll see if 
there is any difference in performance.

Glenn