I'm back!

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>

Hey everyone!  I would like to take a quick minute to announce my return to 
the Tesla Coil
Mailing List.  After losing interest in TCs, and losing all my free time, I 
decided to stop
deleting all my TCML mail and just unsubscribe.  That was nearly a year 
ago.  With some
prodding from Chris Boden, and the return of my free time (back to "part 
time hours" at
work - 40/wk :) , I decided to return.

After attempting to fire up the Tesla Coil I left my Alma Mater's physics 
department last
month, I've decided I need to build them one that works more reliably, is 
more portable, and
works better.  Frying another NST, for a total of 3 15/30s with a Terry 
Filter installed, was
the last straw.  I'm thinking 12/60 powered with a high turns ~4" 
secondary, GeekMMC,
and MEM gap (or whatever you call the triggered spark gap a la Marc 
Metlicka).  I should
add a better ground to that, although I don't expect much to happen on the 
3rd floor inner
corridor :(

Anyways, hello again!

Mark Broker
Chief Engineer, The Geek Group