Re: remote location of NSTs - away from coil base?

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Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi David,

> Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I am aware of the well documented Blumlein effect but "I" have personally
> never witnessed its occurance to a noticable degree with my x-ray cables
> when using them as HV transmission lines for my large Tesla coil.

Do you have a pointer to a document explaining this affect??  I did a 
google on it and what I found seems to indicate a transmission line 
reflection affect.

.
> BTW, since Blumlein is a result of capacitive resonance on the line,

Could you describe what the coax capacitance is resonating with?? topology???

> it seems to
> me that even running plain high voltage GTO cable will still subject 
> the cables to
> some capacitance since they are going to be lying next to the ground
> which would act like the opposite plate of a capacitor from the HV line
> lead.? I suppose I just don't have the proper length (about 40 ft) of x-ray
> cable to cause capacitive resonance with the pole pig's output to get the huge
> Blumlein effect voltage gains.??
>
> David Rieben