Re: small maggie question

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• Subject: Re: small maggie question
• From: "David Trimmell" <davidt-at-pond-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:29:35 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

I'm afraid it won't work. Your "effective" coupling will kill you, not to
mention if you try tuning for 150KHz you'll be way out of tune. Think of a
magnifier as a single unit, not two secondaries...

Regards,

David Trimmell

On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "Bunnykiller" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com> 
> 
> Hi all...
> 
> 
> been thinking  ( uhoh ) ...   why cant a normal TC ( flat primary ...
> etc ) be used in conjunction with a second "secondary" that is tuned to
> the same Hz output of the "standard" TC ???
> 
> for example ...   standard  TC with no top load on secondary resonates
> at 150KHz....   the maggie coil ( smaller second secondary ) is wound
> and topped off with a toroid to tune at 150 KHz ...  
> 
> my thinking is ...  the output from the "TC" would drive the second
> secondary ( matched Hz ) and cause a resonate rise in the second
> secondary ergo ...  longer streamers...
> 
> am i still on the wrong thinking track ???
> 
> 
> Scot D
> 
> 
> 

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