Re: Hybrid Solid State Vacuum Tube Design [LONG!]

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Original poster: "K. C. Herrick" <kchdlh@xxxxxxx>

Big old tubes...I love 'em!  I have an 861 (tetrode, 3.5 KV, 400 W Pdiss), 
but not, sad to say, in a Tesla coil.  I've set it up as an artwork, with 
filament softly lighting up when a viewer approaches it.  If ten years 
younger I'd seriously consider trying it out in a T.C.  Its vacuum is good, 
but I don't know about its electrical quality.

(I like little tubes, too:  I have in front of me an 01A at this moment, 
nicely lit up, perched atop my monitor.)

Since you characterize your prospective coil as a monstrosity, I suggest a 
monstrous name for it similar to the one I had dreamed up for mine.  Call 
it "Henderson's Solid-State, Vacuum-Tube, Alternating-Current, 
Thunder-and-Lightning Entertainment Machine".

Ken Herrick

Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: Shad Henderson 
> <mailto:sundog@xxxxxxxxxxxx><sundog@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Please snip unneeded portions when replying!  Terry will Thank You!
>
> With the surfacing of a thread on VTTC's, I felt it was time to spill
> the beans on my little pet project.  Though I can't take credit for the
> whole thing, I'm surprised that I haven't seen the idea posted here
> earlier.  I dub this monstrosity the "SSVTTC", Solid State Vacuum Tube
> Tesla Coil.
>
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