a 'real' Tesla Coil

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Original poster: "davep" <davep-at-quik-dot-com> 

> Was this the one that uses an old vaccuum tube?
> Its not realy a tesla coil, b/c its not air core,

	Wellllll.
	Nicola Tesla (you remember, the man who invented them...)
	did a lot of work with various non air core hv/hf coils.

> or rf,

	At 'rf' frequencies...

> infact i believe this article says the power
> source is dc,

	And, i think he used DC for some of the power...

	With the materials he had available, and, indeed, for most
	purposes, an air core coil is most conenient/efficient.

	best
	dwp