Re: 3/4 wave coil?

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Original poster: "C. Sibley" <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>

Interesting concept, but I imagine that you would get
breakout from the secondary coil where the first
voltage node occurs, and not just from the top...

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: Chris Estes <estescc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I had an interesting idea this morning as I was
> still half asleep. In a
> normal 1/4 wave coil the secondary is energised at
> an anti-node at the
> base of the coil by the primary and a voltage node
> is created in the
> top load 1/4 of a wavelength away. Would it be
> possible to gain a
> better energy transfer from tank to secondary
> without overcoupling by
> having a 3/4 wavelength long secondary with 2
> primaries at the 2
> anti-nodes? Has anyone ever tried this before?
>
>
>