Re: Las Vegas

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Original poster: Dave Leddon <leddon1-at-llnl.gov> 

Greg,
Any way those of us living in the Bay Area could get a sneak peak?
Dave
At 12:00 PM 1/13/2004, you wrote:
>Original poster: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>An SRL event is scheduled for 7 FEB 04 in Las Vegas:
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>>http://www.lasvegasweekly-dot-com/2004/01/08/aande.html
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>This event does *not* claim to be educational, other than in a gratuitous, 
>exothermic kind of way.
>Accurate scientific concepts will *not* be presented, although many laws 
>of physics will undoubtedly be demonstrated.
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>There's a 50% chance that the ALF twin-coil prototype will be finished by 
>7 Feb.
>If so, it will debut in the Las Vegas show.
>
>Each finished secondary winding measures 23.7" x 90.5".  The tower 
>structure w/toroid measures 28" x 121" OD... very nearly 1:12 scale.
>After potting, the Fo for the loaded coils measured 61,070 and 
>61,280Hz.  The spreadsheet predicted 60,626Hz... wild luck.
>The solid-state primary drives should be ready for testing in about 8 
>days.  Each drive assembly is designed for 5kW-at-400BPS max, with 3800V max 
>on the primary.  We'll soon see how much smoke comes out.  ^_^
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>-GL
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