Cecil Moore wrote:

Tom Donaly wrote:

Everyone wants to use the most unreliable instrument they possess, their
brain, to measure natural phenomena. The Corum boys wrote an
entertaining paper that makes use of what is evidently an old
technique for explaining helical behavior in the microwave range
to make a point about self-resonant coils being superior to
coil-capacitor combinations for producing long sparks in
Tesla coils. Taken literally, the paper misses the magic
ingredient of validation by experimentation.


Drs. Corum have published many papers which include experiments
and measurements. The above referenced paper is the technical
summation of theory and measurements. The other paper that I
quoted contains all the experimental measurements that you could
ask for. Enjoy. It is at:

http://www.ttr.com/corum/index.htm

That's your idea of careful experimentation is it? First start out
with a controversy that doesn't exist, then prove what everyone knows
in the first place. So what part of the experimentation addresses
the "sheath helix" model of their Tesla coil, Cecil?
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH