Re: conical secondaries

["Malcolm Watts" <M.J.Watts-at-massey.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

On 25 Aug 00, at 21:53, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "acmnovak" <acmnovak-at-email.msn-dot-com> 
> 
> What might the advantages of having a conical secondary be? 
> I'll be building a small coil with a conical coil, but I'm not sure what to
> expect. Does it give better voltage gradient or what?
> Thanks,
> -Michael

I don't know about operating advantages but it might make an 
interesting case-study for modellers. I imagine it would 
feature a voltage gradient profile different to a cylindrical 
coil due to the tapering L/height. Sounds like one Paul might 
apply his computer cluster to.

Regards,
Malcolm