Yes, another Javatc update

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi All,

Another update to let you know about. Curt Sibley found a functional 
problem with conical primary's using the auto-tune feature.

Auto-tune was changing inside turns (you could start out at 1" 
clearance pri to sec and end up with a 4" gap, etc.). I've corrected 
it so that it now maintains the inner diameter. This problem has been 
there all along. I guess because no one builds conical primary's 
except in rare cases, thus, it just wasn't caught.

Inverse cone primary's, which are far more common, were not affected 
by this change and were fine.

While I was at it:

1) Corrected unit in gap sections for (joules*sec mistake Gerry made 
me aware of) to joules*bps which is the power at the gap.

2) In the primary outputs, I identify when a primary frequency is 
detuned from the resonator and now indicate if the primary inductance 
is detuned high or low. For example, if the output displayed "5 % 
high", the primary inductance is tapped slightly more turns than 
needed for resonance causing the pri to sec frequency's to be 5 % 
detuned. The reason I refer to the primary inductance (vs. pri C), is 
because tapping the primary is the preferred tuning method. I 
personally run my coils about 5 % high on inductance as do some 
others which is why I calc this output.

Take care,
Bart

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