Re: why not use a paraboloid primary?

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Original poster: "Dale Nassar by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dnassar-at-i-55-dot-com>

I like the parabolic primary idea and may do it--where did you see the EM pics?
Thanks,
--dale nassar

At 06:56 AM 7/6/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Laurence Davis by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <meknar-at-hotmail-dot-com>
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>Has anyone tried this?  I've heard that various primaries are better for
>larger or smaller coils.  I saw the em field pics a while ago on the
>list and it seems that a paraboloid primary would better match the em field
>from the secondary.  in other words, it seems it would be more efficient.
>hmmm... time to build one i guess. :)
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>larry d.
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