DJ, my name is Allen Bishop and I live in Colorado Springs. You can find me in the phone book. I collect 1920’s super regenerative radios, crystal radios, TRF radios with up to 6 or more tubes, and other unique radios as well as a huge collection of hundreds of unusual high power vacuum tubes, X-ray tubes, the first black and white video TV camera tubes, tubes from the 1920’s, etc. I have so many Tesla coil supplies for an experimenter. I have many cool coils. I am the Senior Principal Device Physics Tech for Cobham Semiconductor and Space Solutions originally United Technologies Microelectronics Center for the last 38 plus years. I will be retiring after the holidays and will have a lot of time for such fun stuff. You are welcome to call.
-Allen
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> On Nov 20, 2018, at 1:12 PM, DJ Barker <djbarker42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello, my name is DJ. I am new to the list and I've only ever tried to make
> one Tesla coil. That coil ended up EMPing my phone, so I took a break for
> my own safety. LOL I am however 44 years old and extremely interested in
> Tesla coils. So I guess this is an introduction of sorts. I just moved to
> Colorado Springs to be closer to the history of Tesla. Unfortunately I have
> been too busy to find anyone local in the area to help me learn more about
> making Tesla coils and about Tesla history, even though I'm in the place
> where he did some of his research. I do know basic electronics, but just
> enough to be dangerous. I was hoping that there would be someone in the
> area who I could get together with an actually learn from. I have an
> eclectic collection of old radio equipment as well as I just purchased some
> parts from someone else's coil, I have just, as I said before, not had time
> to put it together.
> I really like to know the way things work so I'm somewhat daunted to build
> a Tesla coil, with not really understanding enough about resinance and high
> voltage.
> But I can dream.
> Take care!
> DJ
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018, 12:50 PM derstrom8--- via Tesla <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
>
>> I just joined this list in August/September after learning that it was
>> still going. I first started reading the archives back when I was 12, while
>> building my first coil. I'm now approaching 26 and I have moved into
>> DRSSTCs mostly. I still read the posts here but I'm generally just a
>> lurker, rarely responding to the topics being discussed. I have not built a
>> solid-state Tesla coil since around 2008, but I finished my latest DRSSTC
>> (4" secondary) just a couple of years ago. I'm in the process of designing
>> my next one, an 8" coil controlled by a FPGA-based driver of my own design.
>> There's still a lot of work left to do, but I'm sure I'll share the results
>> here on the list once I get the design squared away.
>> Regards,
>> MattFairlee, Vermont
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steve White <steve.white1@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: Tesla Coil List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tue, Nov 20, 2018 10:00 am
>> Subject: [TCML] Where is everyone?
>>
>> 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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