Great sparks! Then....

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Subject: Great sparks! Then....
From: Travis Tabbal <bigboss-at-xmission-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:11:09 -0700
Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Well, thanks to everyone for the help getting my new 6" TC running. 

I decided to run more power and the second cap I built, since I couldn't
tune with just one. I got it tuned up and got up to a good power level,
the sparks were looking good. Then, I got some interesting buzzing from my
cap. *sigh* One of them blew. Well, I learned a lot doing it, so it's not
a total loss. But no more sparks for a while, have to build more caps. ;)

One question, durring my higher powered runs I noticed something I had not
seen before. I kept getting a small arc from my secondary ground wire to
the inner turn of the primary. This happened at the higher power levels. I
tried putting some poly in the way, but that didn't help.

Do I need a larger inner turn on the primary? Or am I missing something
here? I'm a few turns in from the outside on the tap, so I could loose a
turn or two from the center and retune still. It's a 6" secondary with a
flat spiral primary, inner diamater on the primary is 8". 

Travis