Re: RF question

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi Chris,

If you want to make a coil more efficient, the spark gap burns 1/3 to 1/2 
of a conventional coil's power.

If you want to broadcast, hook a 1/4 wave antenna to it and watch for the 
FCC trucks to arrive ;-))

Cheers,

         Terry


At 04:09 PM 10/3/2003, you wrote:
>In a message dated 10/3/03 5:56:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
>Also is there anyway to increase the RF power off a Tesla coil ? I know
>most want to reduce it due to loss though I find high power RF can do a lot
>of cool things and I would like to concentrate on boosting the RF power and
>not too long arcs. Can anyone point me in the right direction to do this?
>
>Thanks all,
>Chris
>
>Hi Chris,
>You attach a long antenna to the top of the coil. It's called a spark-gap 
>transmitter. When the power is high enough that the FCC picks it up, you 
>get pointed in the direction of a federal "hotel" in Kansas and/or you get 
>relieved of the burden of your major research dollars. ;-))
>
>Matt D.