Re: Resonance

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Resonance
• From: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:28:18 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:

> I used my scope and funtion gen. Fed sine wave intp base of coil and
> hooked scope to other end of coil. I increased frequency until wave form
> grew in voltage. That I assumed was the resonance point. Is this wrong?

This is correct, but you are loading the coil with the input capacitance
of the oscilloscope. Better is to connect a wire antenna to the
oscilloscope
input and hold it close to the top of the coil.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz

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