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Re: RF question
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- Subject: Re: RF question
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- Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 16:38:51 -0600
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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@twfpowerelectronics.com>
Hi Chris,
If you want to make a coil more efficient, the spark gap burns 1/3 to 1/2
of a conventional coil's power.
If you want to broadcast, hook a 1/4 wave antenna to it and watch for the
FCC trucks to arrive ;-))
Cheers,
Terry
At 04:09 PM 10/3/2003, you wrote:
>In a message dated 10/3/03 5:56:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>tesla@pupman.com writes:
>Also is there anyway to increase the RF power off a Tesla coil ? I know
>most want to reduce it due to loss though I find high power RF can do a lot
>of cool things and I would like to concentrate on boosting the RF power and
>not too long arcs. Can anyone point me in the right direction to do this?
>
>Thanks all,
>Chris
>
>Hi Chris,
>You attach a long antenna to the top of the coil. It's called a spark-gap
>transmitter. When the power is high enough that the FCC picks it up, you
>get pointed in the direction of a federal "hotel" in Kansas and/or you get
>relieved of the burden of your major research dollars. ;-))
>
>Matt D.