Re: [TCML] Where is everyone?

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Hi Greg (and all)!

Haven't visited your website in a while. That is one big ass Tesla 
coil!! Impressive!
I hope you one day reach your goal of building the full scale system. 
Keep up the
good work. I'll have to update the "world record" page on my site.

Well, work is consuming most of my time as are other things. It was very 
different back in 1996
when I first joined the TCML but I guess people have moved on to other 
things and other platforms.
As others have mentioned before, mailing lists are old school and 
probably don't attract as much anymore.
But I still read the posts and reply once in a while. Seems like I'm 
more of a lurker nowadays. :)
Still doing HV stuff when time is available and try to help the few 
questions I get from the
Swedish enthusiasts.

Best regards
/Matt

2018-11-21 10:05 skrev Greg Leyh:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I didn't post anything, since no one complained until now.  ;>
>
> Here's a 1/3rd scale prototype coil that I just finished, trying to
> run at full output:  https://www.lod.org/40ft-coil.html
>
> Cheers,
> Greg
>
>
> On 11/20/2018 2:16 PM, tesla-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:54:14 -0500 (EST)
> > From: Steve White<steve.white1@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Tesla Coil List<tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [TCML] Where is everyone?
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> > When I first joined the TCML back around 2002,I used to receive about 
> > 20 messages per day from the TCML. Now, I am lucky if I see a single 
> > message every few days. On occasion, I will see periodic bursts of 
> > postings in response to specific questions from members. Have all the 
> > members moved on to other interests or died? We need to determine a 
> > way to get new people interested in this hobby. I fear that most of 
> > the potential younger members are absorbed in computer-related things. 
> > There is nothing wrong with that. I spent most of my engineering 
> > career developing real-time embedded DSP software. We just need to 
> > discover a way to expand their interests into the world of physical 
> > hardware, especially high voltage. I built my first tesla coil, a 
> > small VTTC, when I was 16 and this is what got me interested in 
> > electrical engineering as a career. I periodically display my coils to 
> > kids in my neighborhood. I also plan to take my smaller coils around 
> > to schools for demonstrations.
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Steve White
> > Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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