[TCML] Q

[Chris Swinson]

Hi Jared,

> As coupling decreases, frequency splitting decreases. The secondary will
> have its highest Q when completely uncoupled.

This is one of the things I have based my experimental coil on. However for 
reasons already known, it increases the cycle time to the point that a high 
percent of the energy is burnt up in the spark gap plus other losses in the 
circuit. I can only see it working with solid sate stuff to help overcome 
some of the problems. Easier said than done, but I am doing it anyway ;-)

Isn't overcoupling the "double hump" problem ? Where the secondary starts to 
get driven on the BPS speed of the spark gap aswell as the resonance point ?

Chris