Re: Tesla Coil Tuner

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Subject: Re: Tesla Coil Tuner
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 07:39:38 -0600
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From: 	Mark S Graalman[SMTP:wb8jkr-at-juno-dot-com]
Sent: 	Friday, September 12, 1997 3:53 AM
To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: 	Re: Tesla Coil Tuner

   (snip)
>also numerous schematics for grid dip meters in the various circuit 
>indexes
>put out by TAB books. I don't know if there is any place that sells 
>complete grid dip meters anymore, you  used to be able to get some 
>nice 
>units from  Heath Kit and EICO but thay have been out of business for 
>some
>time now. Perhaps their still available from one of the suppliers that 
>
>cater to HAMs, they were after all the bigest users of grid dip 
>meters.
>
>
    You would be VERY hard pressed to find a dip meter that covers
frequencies 
below about 500 Khz, in fact most didn't go below 1 mhz. A coil builder
is much
better off using a signal generator and a scope or RF probe and Hi-Z
meter.


			Mark Graalman