primary question

["D.Wightman" <dwightman-at-mmcable-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

a friend of mine came up with an idea . it is using neon gas or any other
conducting gas filled in a spiral tube such as three eighth's glass tubing and
then heating the glass up in spots to install sections of copper electrodes or
conductors, to allow tuning. this should allow good current flow and since it
would be a plasma instead of just electrons flowing on the surface of the
primary coil. of course you would want to purge all of the air out such as in
neon signs. am i on to something here??how about a secondary coil form made out
of one sixteenth diameter glass tubing filled with neon gas, wound on a 8 inch
or 10 inch form maybe 5 or 6 feet high. the glass really is quite easy to work
with when heated properly, and it should have a great insulation being glass.
the whole coil would glow when in operation. the trick is finding which gas is
the most conductive