Re: Practical limit to number of turns on primary ? ? ?

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Original poster: "J Dow by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jdowphotography-at-hotmail-dot-com>



Primary is relative to cap size. If the cap is big than the pri can be 
small. If the cap is small the pri can be big.
When I was starting out I used salt water bottle caps and the pri was 18 
turns and the coil would only tune at the very end of the 18th turn.

Hope this helps

Read you later
Josh