tapered wire for secondary

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Original poster: "Daniel Ullfig" <DUllfig-at-sbcglobal-dot-net> 

question:

the secondary being a quarter wave resonator, it has a voltage maxima at 
the top, and a current maxima at the bottom. It seems to me that no one 
seems to bother with figuring out the section of the wire based on this 
current. only the voltage is taken into account. but if the wire is not big 
enough for the current, don't you incurr big losses?

If you were trying to use a coil as a transmitter, the way Tesla was, 
wouldn't you want to maximize the current at the ground connection, never 
mind the sparks at the top?

Dan Ullfig
Harbor City, CA