Re: Terry's DRSSTC - Controller Experiment

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Original poster: "Paul B. Brodie" <pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

So I think it is a matter that some of use spend way too much time
> and money on Tesla coiling ;-))  Be thankful you don't have the Tesla
> coiling bug as bad as we do :o))
Terry,
Alas, that's my problem, I gots da bug bad!!! The other thing is that I 
used to be in a different circumstance. I used to be a Computer Network 
Engineer building the Internet from its infancy and after many years of 
that, I was a manager over many network engineers for Sprint and then MCI 
working on their global Internet backbones. So, I to had my time when there 
was plenty of funds and no time to use them. That was long ago it seems now 
and since my health failed and I was forced into a premature retirement, 
that I was ill prepared for, I have all the time in the world and no funds. 
Does it ever work out where we have both??!! I'm not complaining at all. I 
have had a very good and rewarding life. Not too many people get to say 
that they were a part of building something as important to our society as 
the Internet!
Paul Brodie
Think Positive
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Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: Terry's DRSSTC - Controller Experiment

> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hi Paul,
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> At 03:51 AM 4/12/2005, Paul Brodie wrote:
>>Terry,
>>I know this is going to sound weird but this is somewhat depressing to me.
>>It is as if you have taken "the magic" out of Tesla Coils. One of the
>>biggest attractions of building a coil, for me at least, was the mystique
>>and the slightly outside the norm quality.
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> As we learn more about coils, the sparks get better and easier to make.  By
> "knowing things", we simply make the process of Tesla coiling easier.  I
> think most of us knew what Steven's initial frustration at getting his coil
> was like.  My first coils never worked at all...  But today, fist coils
> almost always work with a little help!!  Gerry's second coil is one of the
> best performers around!  So perhaps Tesla coiling has gone from a "sink or
> swim" black art ruled buy luck, to more of a collect these parts and "just
> build it" thing.  But that has allowed many more folks to join in on the 
fun!!!
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> Personally I don't miss the "mystique" at all!!  I thought  it really
> sucked ;-)  Waisted hundreds of hours of my time...
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> At 11:46 AM 4/12/2005, Steve Conner wrote:
>>Terry has been personally responsible for laying waste to huge swathes of
>>Tesla coiling...
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> Hopefully, just the "bad" swathes :o))))
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>>Obviously this is a personal thing. If _I_ figure out how to model streamer
>>loading with ATP or whatever, it shouldn't make the hobby any less
>>fascinating to anyone else....
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> See my next post :o))
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>>However I decided to go down the experimental route with my new digital
>>scope instead :P
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> Cool!!  They make many mean tasks super easy!
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> P.B.:
>>That's my other problem, you guys seem to have bottomless pockets when it
>>comes to hobby expenditures!!!
>
> After 18 years, I am finally leaving the "day job world" for at least the
> summer, so my pockets will be tighter now too ;-))  But now I have vast
> amounts of time I never had before!!  We all take advantage of what we have
> to fill the niches we can.  I have a lot of toys, but I collected them as I
> could over the years and I use them a lot!  I suppose I could sell them and
> buy a used sports car or something, but then all I could do would be waist
> gasoline.  If I had a nice car but no scope, I would sell the stupid car
> ;-))  So I think it is a matter that some of use spend way too much time
> and money on Tesla coiling ;-))  Be thankful you don't have the Tesla
> coiling bug as bad as we do :o))
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> Cheers,
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>         Terry
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