Ric, That was great, for a minute I thought it read 4 inches and was google-eyed at the thought of 100k volts.! One-quarter inch makes sense at about 6Kv. My old man, and my uncle by marriage, were b
snipped G'day, 7AA, later VK7DX who died in 1931 from TB (and too many late nights?) : 23rd May 1923 1.48 am VIM de VIA ur spark is not up to tem... VIA de VIM think gap open too much see ltr VIM 2.5
Bryan, I believe only large and expensive installations on posh ocean liners. had rotary spark gaps. < Actually, rotary gaps were not at all uncommon, even in amateur use. They were divided into two
I believe only large and expensive installations on posh ocean liners. had rotary spark gaps. The trouble with a static gap is that the voltage necessary to strike a spark is more than the voltage re