first coil help

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Original poster: "James Mathisrud by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jrmathis-at-pressenter-dot-com>

im a new coiler, and i have been trying to tune my first coil, and have had
a few
problems. i am getting it to resonate, i know this because the lightbulb is
glowing, but i just can't seem to get any sparks to breakout, i have a
small sphere
discharge terminal, the secondary is 4.5in, 800 winds #22, its tapped at 11
turns,
because that seems to be the best spot from the testing ive been doing, im
using
salt water caps, i have an air blast gap.thats set at about 1/2 in, im not sure
what the average spacing is supposed to be, but i keep opening it farther and
farther, and the power of the coil seems to be increasing please advise
before i
break something!

also, imy ground is a 1in copper water pipe, and is wetted down before each
use its
been driven about 1.5 feet into the ground i don't know if this may be
affecting it
or not. thanks for your help
Ryan