Re: Noise of coil/gap

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 7/18/01 7:47:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

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 Hello coilers,
 
 Someone had asked how noisy a coil/gap usually is.  My present
 setup which runs around a kilowatt input power is very noisy!!
 I have to shout to make myself heard when it's running, and I
 sometimes wear ear defenders on long runs.
 
 
 73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL
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Both of my coils make lots of noise, requiring ear plugs when running in a 
confined space.  The majority of the noise comes from the discharges off the 
toroids, not the spark gap.

Ed Sonderman