Re: [TCML] hybrid coil

[Steve Ward <steve.ward@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carlos,

Why not just build a DRSSTC like many of us have demonstrated, that can
*easily* make 10 foot or better sparks (and at <10kW).

About your hybrid idea, i fail to understand *why* you should need both a
spark gap AND a tube.  The tube is plenty fast for tesla switching, the
spark gap just sounds like extra losses and lack of control.  Just use the
tube and control the grid drive to do PRF modulation.

Alternately, the tube would be used as the primary switch in a class-C type
oscillator (like you already do).  As i tried to explain before,
interrupting the sparks will make them grow longer (though likely not as
long as you want).  Also, with pulsed operation, you could operate with far
higher peak power on the tube, so using a lower impedance tank circuit to
get more peak power into the system (sparks!).

One other thing, i saw your toroid has 6 points on it, this is always going
to greatly reduce the spark length.  You really need 6 sparks going all the
time, each being really long?

Steve
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