Re: an interesting idea...

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• Subject: Re: an interesting idea...
• From: "Bill the arcstarter" <arcstarter-at-hotmail-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 07:49:37 -0600
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Jeff Behary wrote:
>I have heard of a few gaps from early experimental medical apparatus that
were discharged in vacuumed tubes with very strong magnetic fields on the
outsides of the tubes to make the discharge "disruptive" (as opposed to a
regular conducing arc discharge).  Ha ha, my spark gaps seem to have gotten
quieter and quieter, probably because my hearing is getting worse and worse
(as a result of them being so noisy!).

Soulds sorta like a Poulsen arc oscillator (an electric arc, operated in a
hydrocarbon atmosphere within a magnetic field.  The negative impedance
portion of the I-V curve makes for a sort of relaxation oscillator (if you
are lucky).

Jeff - do you have any additional info on that?

Oh - I found a 4-point TIG welder tungsten gap setup, with heatsinks and
insulators at the Dayton Hamfest.  $5.  Hee Hee!  Thats about $70 new.

-Bill


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