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Re: "Integratron"



Original poster: "Brian Foley by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg1-at-mcttelecom-dot-com>

Hi, just go to www.integratron-dot-com for all kinds of stuff and the inventors
correct name etc. cul brian
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Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 9:58 PM
Subject: "Integratron"


> Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca>
>
>
> Hello Coilers,
>
> I just finished watching a program on The Discovery Channel called
> Beyond Bizarre which included a segment on a structure built out
> in the Amercan south-west in the 1950's.
>
> The structure was called the "Integratron" by its builder, a man by
> the name of George Van Castel (sic), who had been a test pilot for
> Hughes Aircraft.
>
> >From the outside it resembled an observatory telescope building.
> Several shots taken of the inside showed windings much like the
> ones at Tesla's Colorado lab, a series of concentric rings on
> the ceiling, and sparks discharging from a ball shaped terminal.
>
> My immediate thought was that it was a Tesla coil of rather large
> size and unusual construction.  Has anyone on the list heard of
> this device?  Did anyone else see the program?  Apparently it is
> open to the public.
>
> I wish I had been more observant when the clip started so I'd
> have remembered where in the south-west it is located, but it
> may have been Arizona or California.
>
>
> 73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL
>
> Listening: 147.030+ and 442.075+
> E-mail:    weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca
>            or ve3ear-at-rac.ca
> Web site:  www.hurontel.on.ca/~weazle
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