Re: My first ARSG - Tribute to Terry Blake !

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Malcolm,

Nice to see you back :-))

At 08:50 AM 1/24/2003 +1300, you wrote:
>Hi Dan,
>
>On 22 Jan 2003, at 20:50, Tesla list wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
> <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
> >
> > I just finished my first ARSG and to my knowledge, I think I am the 
> first to
> > follow in the footsteps of Terry Blake's Propeller-Rotor design.
> > Thanks to Terry Blake's ingeniusness, we individuals who lack the machining
> > equipment to make a precision balanced rotor can now have a
> > top quality rotary spark gap.
>
>I built a gap like that about six years ago and I'm ready to bet I'm
>not the first to have done it either.

1946 - A common radar gap...  And I bet they are not the first to have done 
it either. ;-))

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/PinGap.jpg

Cheers,

         Terry




>Regards,
>Malcolm
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