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Re: The worlds Largest Coil
I'm really intrigued here, I'd make the trip from Florida to see it.
But playing devil's advocate, I've got to ask;
Ok, so let's say it's built, is the FCC going to let you fire it up?
How big do you anticipate the RF effects will be? 100 sq mi.? More?
Is there anything sensitive in the range of the effects?
What will your liabilities for damages be?
Obviously this thing can't be done on the sly, so you'll have to be strictly
above board with the operations. What license would cover this transmission
facility?
How many megawatts of transmission power are we talking about?
What will your frequency be?
What are the regs of that band?
Are you doing broad band (spark gap) transmission or CW (class 3)?
What type of noise generation are you looking at?
Are there FCC regs about that?
Just want to cover the bases.
> Original Poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>>Original Poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov>
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>>Comments interspersed..
>>
>>Main comment... On large scale projects the mechanical aspects will greatly
>>outweigh the electrical ones.. After all, how complex is a coupled tuned
>>circuit, electrically...
>>
>>You're looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars to build something like
>>this, without considering any of the electrical components, just for
>>structural materials, equipment rental (cranes, etc.), and crew (riggers,
>>ironworkers, etc.)
>>
>
> Easily $150,000 though I am planning on $200K right now. It seems like a lot
> doesn't it? But look at it from the big picture.
>
> $300 for a simple MMC cap. This I can't afford untill next week...that's a
> lot of money isn't it?
>
> $10,000 for the body work of Geek3, donated.
> $5,000 for the mechanical work on Geek-3, Donated.
> $2,000 for the lighting and electronics on Geek-3 (and counting), donated
> $212,000 for the building in Grand Rapids, plus yearly property taxes as
> well, Donated.
>
> The following is proposed.
> $80,000,000 building and facility, donated use with option to buy for 10
> years. It will sell to us at a fraction of that.
> $10,000,000 for the grounds (includeing half of the lakeshore, dual rail
> spurs, and half a mile of road, with a bridge)
> $25,000,000 Capital campaign for remodel and startup costs, this is a
> ballpark as we haven't gotten our full paperwork from the accountants yet
> and I have to finish the budget.
>
> $200K for a coil project isn't a lot of money in the big picture. A well
> designed 128track digital studio is gonna set me back double that. Not to
> mention the RETURN this coil will make my company in advertising, and
> renting the use of it out. It will be a powerfull fundraiser. Nothing as
> good as Wysocks 13M because it's portable. He can take his to movie sets and
> concerts, mine is stuck right there, and that's fine. I have no desire to
> get into the pro-coiler arena, too many headaches.
>
> The Kalamazoo Museaum just did a $20M capital campaign, and got it in 6
> months! And the museaum sucks. My facility is going to be incredible, the
> only one of it's kind in the world. The lisat of potential sponsors is
> staggering, everyone from Intel to LEGO, and we will be able to raise the
> funding easily. We have nevr had a problem with getting people to take a
> look at what we're trying to do and want to help and be a part of it. We're
> the good guys, and a healthy writeoff, :)
>
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