Re: Interference-SSTC

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Why not just retune your coil to operate at, say, 425 kHz or 475 kHz..
Change the topload size a bit so its capacitance changes.

Shielding is a royal pain in the you know where, and would be a last resort.



Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> In a message dated 4/17/02 10:03:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
> 
> >
> > Hi Matt
> >
> >
> > > Hi all, how can I stop interference from my SSTC?It operates at around
> > > 450khtz.
> >
> >
> > How much (if any) of the system is screened?  I wonder if a nice, big,
> > Faraday cage might help.  (Chicken wire).
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Matthew Smith
> >
> >
> 
> Hi Matt & Matt &
> I will second this.
> Note: Since 455KHz is the IF frequency of almost every AM radio in the world,
> you couldn't have picked a worse operating frequency from an interference
> standpoint.
> It's one of the reasons VTTC coilers need to know something about radios
before
> building high power transmitters.
> 
> 73's
> Matt D.
> G5-12