re: Streamer loading effect

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Original poster: "Wells Campbell by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <wellscampbell-at-onebox-dot-com>

hi

I actually sent a post a few weeks ago musing whether lowering the frequency
as a coil operates could "Grow" streamers out past their usual size,
by keeping up with the falling frequency as the streamer grows and adds
more effective topload. I'll repeat the question: has anyone done this?


Steve's observation of the streamers growing when the coil was tuned
a little to the low side seems to support the theory. I don't have a
coil I can experiment on yet, and would like to know if slowly adding
turns as the coil fires could extend the existing streamers... 

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Wells Campbell
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