Complete information on working SM style device.

[Rosphere]

@spherics,

I am unsure if your rendering was meant to be as proportional as much as it was conceptual.  Hoping so, I have placed some circles along edges nearly parallel with the viewing plane in order to get my arms around the overall proportionality of the coil assembly.

Please feel free to correct all of my false assumptions listed at the bottom of the image below.


EDIT: Image removed.  My initial assumption was not correct.

The tetrahedral diagram was to show the orientation of the coils to help clarify my description.
What is important is the 4 coils are identical both physically and electrically and
are oriented at the exact angle as per the tetrahedral diagram and
are placed equidistant from the center.
Tao diagrams are spot on and show how for a given size of coil where you can place the toroid pick up.

@spherics,

Thank you for getting back to me on this one.

[Rosphere]

And when spherics said the oscope was connected to both coils ...

I think this is a typo.  I think it should read, "oscillator."  It fits the context much better:

An oscill[ator] was connected to both COPPER coils...

EDIT: Carry on. 

[sparks]

@ Rosphere

  I think the oscilliscope was looking for voltage potential between the two bifilar copper conductors.  He was describing SM's tuning technique.

[Phantom]

Just my 2 cents - I hope the builders noticed the patent on saturable inductive switching.

Takes care of risetime as well as upping voltage, making FET drive easier (For you EE's).

Phase delay per coil if Double feeding bifiler may need to float around a little during freq. adj.

A little note:  As a real old-school hacker, the new theories are more along real world results that I have seen.  I never post unless I have results, but I had to mention that little patent.  Nice to see that all the required info will soon be avail.  If this setup actually functions well, I will post actual results, but as one of the "shady, want to stay out of public knowledge, flaky, weirdo" type people, it took me a month to just be sure I could post without worry.  If I ever get GOOD data to post, I will.

[Rosphere]

@ Rosphere

  I think the oscilliscope was looking for voltage potential between the two bifilar copper conductors.  He was describing SM's tuning technique.

@sparks,

Perhaps.  I have already attempted replications of the SM design.  At this point I could care less if it actually read, "An orangutan was connected to both COPPER coils."   

I am just going to go ahead and correct my prior post so as not to further confuse.