Hi warpspeed,
So it is possible just difficult. I will knock this avenue on its head. I think sig gen --> amp --> transformer is the best route. I do have an amp that i'm going to use but i'm waiting on the power supply, in the mean time I thought I would investigate this. Transformers look so simple but aren't!
Thanks.
An amplifier is not going to help you, because the transformer itself is the problem. It is just not capable of working at 10v input.
Here is a thought experiment for you Antknee.
Suppose I have a small six volt to sixty volt transformer, (ten to one step up ratio). It works fine at six volts input.
But I want to run it at 100 volts input, and get 1,000 volts out of it.
When I do that, it draws huge input current, looks like a short, and blows a fuse.
So maybe what I need is a power amplifier that will give me 100v at maybe five hundred amps of current so it can drive my little transformer.
That is just going to blow up that transformer.
Your problem is not impedance matching, or having enough input drive power, but the transformer itself is just not capable of working at the voltage and frequency you want it to work at.
There are a couple of ways to do this, depending on what it is for, but the transformer you already have is just not suitable.