Re: Primary interference

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Subject: Re: Primary interference
From: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 18:50:52 -0500
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In a message dated 96-02-26 12:24:06 EST, tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com writes:

>
>I have been thinking of ways to increase the Q of my primary.  Now I have
the
>coil mounted on a roll around wooden stand.  It is about 34" high.  Inside
>and underneath the top platform, where the coil is mounted, I have a shelf
>where the capacitor and gaps are mounted.  They are some distance down from
>the top shelf because I wanted room to remove the rotary gap cover without
>disconnecting everything.  I want to move this shelf up quite a ways to
>shorten all the interconnection lengths.  If I have these components located
>just about 12" directly under the primary am I going to create some
>interference or cause some new problems?  Also, now I am using two pieces of
>RG213 (in parallel) for all my interconnects and plan to change that to 3/8"
>copper tubing.
>
>Ed Sonderman
>
Richard,

I would like to mount the Condenser Products capacitor directly to the bottom
side of the plywood that the primary is mounted on.  It would be out near the
edge and since the primary slopes up at 30 degrees, it would be about 6 or 7
inches below turns 12 - 14.  Is this too close?

Ed