Steve,
I wonder the same thing too. When I was first on the list in the 1999-2000
timeframe, there were zillions of messages a day. Today...not so much. But
'yesterday' there were not a lot of Tesla Coil resources in general on the
web (I remember using the Tesla Coil webring, and that was a BIG thing back
then!). Then there were forums, and now Facebook. There are a bunch of
Tesla and Tesla Coil and High Voltage groups on FB. Email lists are old
school and probably not even known by the younger generation (who want
embedded pictures and videos and poop emojis). I am in multiple Tesla Coil
places and I regard this list as the biggest and brightest go to knowledge
base.
I am not sure how to get new people interested in TC'ing. I think most
people see it and see "NEAT" and that is about it.
Thanks,
~Dan
Kansas City area
On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 9:00 AM Steve White <steve.white1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When I first joined the TCML back around 2002,I used to receive about 20
> messages per day from the TCML. Now, I am lucky if I see a single message
> every few days. On occasion, I will see periodic bursts of postings in
> response to specific questions from members. Have all the members moved on
> to other interests or died? We need to determine a way to get new people
> interested in this hobby. I fear that most of the potential younger members
> are absorbed in computer-related things. There is nothing wrong with that.
> I spent most of my engineering career developing real-time embedded DSP
> software. We just need to discover a way to expand their interests into the
> world of physical hardware, especially high voltage. I built my first tesla
> coil, a small VTTC, when I was 16 and this is what got me interested in
> electrical engineering as a career. I periodically display my coils to kids
> in my neighborhood. I also plan to take my smaller coils around to schools
> for demonstrations.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Steve White
> Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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