Re: Any Very High Freq. TCs?

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• Subject: Re: Any Very High Freq. TCs?
• From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 05:49:16 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Hi Mark, all,

> Original Poster: wb8jkr-at-juno-dot-com 
> 
>   In a Tesla coil usually the lower frequency the better,
> but for sake of experimentation I did get a conventional
> coil working at 3.4 Mhz a few years back. It produced
> a 2-2.5" spark and used a .001 ufd primary cap.
> 
> Mark Graalman

I do have a 55 turn litz wound 6.7" coil (H/D = 1) that I seem to 
remember resonates around 3.5MHz. I normally use this as the 
secondary for small magnifier driving systems. Perhaps it might be 
fun to try......  The Q would be very high. It is wound on HDPE 
gaspipe.

Malcolm
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