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Re: Slow Wave Helical Resonator Experiment
I stand corrected on a statement in this:
> Hi Terry,
> I can confirm what your computer model says as I have done
> exactly that in a real experiment:
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> I performed the experiments with a gap consisting of a bank of
> MOSFETs. I could quench anywhere I liked in the cycle which an
> ordinary gap cannot do. Quenching at a zero current crossing (peak
> cap charge for whatever energy remains in the primary) resulted in a
> quiet quench. Quenching at zero voltage (and current maximum)
> generated the most horrendous voltage spikes across the "gap" (which
> would have reignited a real gap had it dared to go out under this
> condition).
I've just read Terry's post where he did manage it with a rotary. I
stand corrected. The rest of my post stands.
> I have real scope photos of this which I have posted to
> others.
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P.S. - anybody considered the idea of using a snubbing network to
assist the gap?