RE: Table-top mini coil contest update

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com> 

There was much discussion about many contest issues, but the topic of
targets never came up.  If the target had been specified, I wouldn't
have learned that I'd get better performance using the chicken wire.
The art has been advanced by allowing flexibility here. Information on
optimal targets is something we can all use, even if it's not part of
the coil proper.  Longer sparks ARE what it's all about.

Gary Lau
MA, USA

 >Original poster: Peter Lawrence <Peter.Lawrence-at-Sun.COM>
 >
 >If I were writing the rules it would say that the target should be a 2"
brass
 >sphere, these records using targets that are as large as or larger than
the TC
 >itself sort of defeats the purpose of a "mini" TC, and take the focus
away
 >from the original objective - the TC!, IMHO.
 >
 >-Pete Lawrence.


 >>Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com>
 >>
 >>I'm proud to announce that I have taken the #1 spot in the mini coil
 >>competition!
 >>I finally put together a chicken wire target at home and have been
able
 >>to reproduce 14" strikes, so I'll claim that as my record.