Re: My variac bites =0

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Sue,

Point well taken :o) I have taken care to keep the inductance of the whole
RF ground circuit very low, by using copper strap as opposed to cable. I
have actually seen my TC arcs leap beyond my grounded rod in the workshop to
the lightswitch some 10" behind it!!!

Best regards,
Jason

>The photo shows a
> steamer going 6" beyond the ground rod, and hitting the transmitter
chassis.
> I did not see this during the run, and was really suprised when I first
saw
> the photo. It had to be that this particular streamer saw the inductive
> reactance of the 18 AWG ground cable as being higher than the capacitive
> reactance of the transmitter chassis and ground.