[TCML] John Couture

[Chip Atkinson <chip@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There's no "couture" in the subscription list at least. 

Chip

On Sat, 10 May 2008, DC Cox wrote:

> Anyone on the list in FL happen to know if John Couture is still with us?
> I have not seen a post from John in over 1 year.
> 
> Dr. Resonance
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 7:47 AM, <FutureT@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > I agree about the total coil height and all.  I used to point that out  too
> > in the past.  I forgot to mention it this time.  Thanks for  mentioning it
> > again.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 5/9/2008 10:26:58 P.M. US Eastern Standard Time,
> > pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > >Agree entirely about magnifiers with tertiary coil vs spark length  as
> > being
> > >meaningless.   I go further to say that when you  compare total coil
> > height
> > >of secondary and tertiary, the spark to coil  length shows no advantage
> > over
> > >a conventional coil and is typically  3:1 on a good coil.  As I recall
> > when
> > I
> > >did this calc before with  Hull's coils, it was no better performing than
> > his
> > >>conventional  coil like his Nemesis.
> > >Peter
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > >From: <FutureT@xxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > >> As an aside  here....
> > >> Folks used to talk about getting sparks that are 10 times  as long as
> > >> the extra coil in a magnifier, etc.  By putting a  tiny one turn coil
> > >> (extra
> > >> coil)
> > >> below the  final toroid, you will have created a "magnifier" of sorts
> > (ho
> > >>  ho),
> > >> and if the extra coil is 1/8" long, then you can get sparks  that  are
> > ~150
> > >> times longer
> > >> than the extra coil,  etc.  You can see why I never thought much of
> >  that
> > >>  method of judging a magnifier's performance.  But as a fun thing  it
> > would
> > >> let you claim the record for a magnifier's performance based  on that
> > >> metric
> > >> anyhow.
> > >
> > >>  Cheers,
> > >> John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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