RE: Al duct vs Chicken Wire

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>

It is true that to achieve a single long streamer one must minimize
surface irregularities, but even more important, the toroid must be the
correct size.  And the only way to know what size that is is to make an
educated guess, based on the experience of others, build it, and see how
it performs.  If it's smooth and you still get multiple streamers, you
need a bigger top load.  Luckily one can stack multiple toroids.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> Original poster: Just Justin <rocketfuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'll probably build a chicken wire toroid anyway,
> but I wanted to ask for opinions on the performance
> of a chicken wire-based topload vs Aluminum ducting.
>
> I currently have a 4" inner diameter Al duct as my
> topload and I get about streamers breaking out of
> about 5-6 places simultaneously.  Is is true that
> with a perfectly smooth toroid there tends to be
> one large streamer instead of many smaller ones?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Justin in Austin
>