Re: SSgap Update 4-1-2001

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Original poster: "Peter Lawrence by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Peter.Lawrence-at-Sun-dot-com>

Kennan,
        wow, cool. So can you track that freq with a digital storage scope,
before and after spark breakout. If so, what do you observe?

-Peter Lawrence.


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>Original poster: "Kennan C Herrick by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" 
<kcha1-at-juno-dot-com>
>
>Peter-
>
>Yes, that's what I do: the whole thing is a power oscillator with the
>only frequency-determining element being the secondary.  It always
>operates at the instantaneous Fr of the secondary.
>
>It's tough to closely track that frequency otherwise since a) it's
>generally a pretty sharp resonance and b) it wanders depending on nearby
>conductors.  But s.s. systems, I am finding, have to be pretty "beefy" to
>yield the quick & large flux-pulse necessary to shoot out really long
>sparks.
>
>Ken Herrick
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>On Mon, 02 Apr 2001 13:40:06 -0600 "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>writes:
>> Original poster: "Peter Lawrence by way of Terry Fritz 
>> <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Peter.Lawrence-at-Sun-dot-com>
>> 
>> Terry,
>>       (and anyone else working on SS-TC, Kennan?...) since the 
>> resonant
>> frequence of a TC secondary seems to change w/ and w/o a streamer, 
>> have
>> you ever considered changing the driver frequence in real time to 
>> match
>> the secondary.
>> 
>> -Peter Lawrence.
>>