TC in a vacuum ... Re: TC vs Electron Gun

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

Actually, we do something like running a TC in a vacuum when we run RF
breakdown tests in a large (the largest?) clear bell jar at JPL.  Granted, I
don't recall anyone running tests at 100 kHz, but at 400 MHz, you bet.

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Subject: Re: TC vs Electron Gun


> Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>
> Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > Original poster: "John H. Couture by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <couturejh-at-mgte-dot-com>
> >
> > Jim -
> >
> > It is true that there is no extracting power from the ionosphere,
however,
> > the ionosphere is used as the return path for the tether  system. This
> > system requires a method to obtain the current from the ionosphere and
this
> > is now done with an electron gun. I believe this job can be done more
> > efficiently with the proper Tesla coil system.
> >
> > John Couture
>
> It sure would be interesting to see what would happen if a large TC was
> run in a vacuum!  However, I suspect no one would want to install one on
> a spacecraft with all sorts of mission-critical semiconductor equipment.
>
> Ed
>
>
>