Re: strange vttc

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

Original poster: humanb-at-chaoticuniverse-dot-com 

Claude, interesting measurements. I bet what you are
seeing is the discharge adding to top C and thus
dropping your coils frequency. Assuming 255KHz reading
was at the 30" mark. Pretty impresive VTTC.

Regards,

David Trimmell

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 07:44:47 -0700, "Tesla list" wrote:

 >
 > Original poster: "claude masetto"
 > <claudmas-at-optusnet-dot-com.au>
 >
 > Hello all,
 > I have been playing around with my vttc and have been
 > taking some
 > observations with my scope and have noticed something
 > strange. The res
 > frequency of the resonator as calculated by Java TC is
 > 342khz. When I
 > measured it with a signal generator and a scope the
 > result was 360khz. Close
 > enough for me.
 > I then setup an antenna with a scope probe attached to
 > it and measured the
 > resonator frequency with the the coil running and
 > noticed it was 255khz. The
 > coil is in tune, as best as I can get it because it
 > performs great. Twin
 > 304tl tubes with 30" spark on a good day.
 > I can't understand the difference in the two
 > measurements. I have checked
 > the results over and over.
 >
 > Claude.