Re: The big bad Mark III

["Troy Peterson" <highvoltage-at-mad.scientist-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi Garry,

> The otimum ratio for secondaries is a height that is five times the
outside
> diameter of the secondary.
>
> So, for a six inch coil, the height the wire should cover thirty inches of
> the form.
>
> I don't know if this is a hard and fast rule tho. I suspect the wire guage
> would have an effect on this.

Seems to be some controversy here..... I've heard lots of people say 4:1
(6*4 = 24)

Regards,
Troy Peterson [VE7SOK]
troypete-at-sunwave-dot-net
highvoltage-at-mad.scientist-dot-com