On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:52:08 -0700 (PDT), Gary
wrote:

the
tuner provided a 5:1 swr, and he had a nice QSO with his dad. He also
stated he heard a lot more signals than before.

Which goes to show that power is not necessary for communications. (If
at 5:1, you are still getting half the power out into the Æther. Let's
call it 10:1 - that's still 30W out across 100 miles.) Nevermind the
smoke.

Other than the obvious (he was mistaken in what he reported to me) any
ideas as to what went wrong?

You mean the shorted coils and the extra wire? (Maybe he should have
turned it off, and then back on again - Oops, standard IT advice.)

Haven't a clue.

I don't think he will ask for any more
advice from me.

Time will tell.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC