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Re: Arc Transmitter
Subject: Re: Arc Transmitter
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 23:02:11 +0500
From: "Alfred A. Skrocki" <alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
On Fri, 09 May 1997 20:58:25 -0700 Gary Weaver
<gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net> wrote;
> Has anyone every heard of an arc transmitter? An artical says,
> in the early days of radio they used high voltage arc transmitters.
> An arc transmitter transmits on a very wide band of frequencies.
> What is an arc transmitter? Could it be something like a modulated
> Tesla Coil? Or is it CW only?
Arc or spark gap transmitters were fairly close to being Tesla coils.
They operated as CW ie. morse code transmitters. Things like rotary
spark gaps were first developed for use with spark gap transmitters.
> This makes me wonder if a Tesla Coil can be modulated? What if
> you modulate the 120 VAC line into the neon transformer? What if
> you modulate a 3rd coil on the ground end of the secondary coil?
> What if you modulate a TC with a carrier frequency and voice? Has
> anyone ever tried to use a Tesla Coil as a transmitter?
All of the above will get you one pink ticket from the F.C.C. and
they would probably confiscate all your equipment.
Sincerely
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