Re: [TCML] Oscilloscope

[Skip Malley <skip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The 453 is a great old scope.  The easiest way to view the waveforms 
is simply make a basic antenna from a few inches if wire.  With the 
output power from a Tesla coil, you don't need much of an antenna to 
capture a viewable output signal.  If you have a scope probe, simply 
attach a few inches of wire to a probe tip.  Put the antenna near 
where you are watching the coil activity.  Another option would be to 
make a pickup coil of a few turns of wire of a couple inches in 
diameter and connect it to the scope input.  You should be able to 
view the TC output wave form nicely with either method.

Happy coiling.
Skip

At 11:01 PM 11/26/2007, you wrote:
> Hello,
>    I recently acquired a Tektronix 453 oscilloscope. Is there any 
> way to view the output from a 800kv Tesla coil through it without 
> damaging it. It is an old (1965) tube model.
>
> -Clive
> _______________________________________________

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