Re: Capacitor "tap" in Primary?

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "D.C. Cox by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net>
> 
> Spark gap losses can be reduced considerably by connecting a .002 cap
> directly across the spark gap.  This, discovered in the 1930's, is know as
> the Poulson Principle.  It was a neat trick used by early radio spark gap
> pioneers.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dr. Resonance

	That's a new one to me.  Can you give an explanation?  Not at all
obvious.  Since spark transmitters were long passe by 1930, in what
context was it discovered?  I can't find any mention of it any of the
"wireless" books I have here, or in the ham magazines of the pre-WW1
spark days.

Ed