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Re: Arc Transmitter
Subject: Re: Arc Transmitter
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 07:55:32 +0300
From: Kenneth Aaron <kennetha-at-geocities-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
At 08:36 AM 5/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Subject: Arc Transmitter
> Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 20:58:25 -0700
> From: Gary Weaver <gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>
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>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? 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?
>
>Gary Weaver
>
>
I think it would be illegal to modulate the output of a TC as this
creates a wide range of frequencies that would interfere with
communications.
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Kenneth Aaron
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