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Table-top mini coil contest update



Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com> 

I'm proud to announce that I have taken the #1 spot in the mini coil
competition!

Last month, Dan Mccauley and I brought our minicoils to the RATCBA
Teslathon.  While I had been seeing about a 12" max streamer at home (1"
shy of Steve Wards 13" record), I found that using Ed Wingate's chicken
wire covered Cage of Death (faraday cage) as a target, I was able to
achieve 14.5" strikes to the cage.  Dan achieved 13" strikes, tying
Steve's previous record.

I finally put together a chicken wire target at home and have been able
to reproduce 14" strikes, so I'll claim that as my record.

Since my initial entry, I have changed my tank cap to .025uF, and have
increased my toroid size to 3.5" x 10.75".  But most important seems to
be using a chicken wire target, and using a 1/2" brass ball on my top
load breakout point.

The minicoil web page has been updated, see
http://www.laushaus-dot-com/tesla/minicoilcontest/index.htm

My coil details may be seen at
http://www.laushaus-dot-com/tesla/minicoil.htm

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA