Re: Capacitor "tap" in Primary?

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Original poster: "Jolyon Vater Cox by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jolyon-at-vatercox.freeserve.co.uk>

I think it's  actually the "Poulsen Principle" after Valdemar Poulsen, the
Scandinavian radio pioneer nd inventor of the Poulsen arc transmitter.
Jolyon.
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Michael.Day-at-USPTO.GOV>
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> Greetings,
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> Is the term, "Poulson" spelled correctly?  I don't seem to get any hits
> using, "Poulson Principle."  The only caps across gaps I find are gaps
> protecting the caps.
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> Mike Day
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> > Original poster: "D.C. Cox by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net>
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> > 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
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> > the Poulson Principle.  It was a neat trick used by early radio spark
gap
> > pioneers.
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> > Regards,
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> > Dr. Resonance
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