Re: 1994 article

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Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

At 11:51 AM 8/6/2005, Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "Chris Rutherford" <chris1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi,
>
> I can't understand why mini resonant transformers aren't used more 
> in RF amplifiers and filters etc.  Would they have a place in highly 
> sensitive measurement equipment?


they ARE used all over the place..

Until the last few decades, virtually every radio in the world used 
coupled LC tuned circuits for IF selectivity.

High power RF amplfiers are FILLED with tuned circuits for impedance 
matching, voltage adjustment, etc.





> On another note, hopefully Terry will let it go as it is just my 
> opinion, but has anyone wondered why there is quite so much 
> pseudoscience associated with Tesla, and where all of this rubbish 
> comes from and why?


Tesla was at just the right time as electrical technology (and 
industry in general) took off.  Not only was he a bright guy, and 
quite the bon vivant,  but carried a bit of an air of mystery (being 
from those eastern countries where Dracula, Frankenstein, etc., came 
from... no matter that the geography is confused..), which I'm sure 
he didn't do anything to suppress.  I'm sure it made him even more 
attractive as a (eligible male, successful, wealthy) dinner party 
guest, and made the sales pitch even more believable.

Later on, he became almost the archtypical "mad scientist", 
describing things that were hard to understand, talking about death 
rays, rapid global communication and transmission of power (remember, 
this is in an era when long distance communication was very unusal, 
slow, and almost inevitably bad news, except in business)

Add to that some big economic upheavals, some wars, and you've got 
great grist for conspiracy theorists.

Much the same thing occurred recently with all the claims of "new 
business models" running in "internet time".  Enron made people 
believe that they had some special way to do things that could make 
money by trading in things like internet bandwidth.



> Thanks
>
> Chris