Re: SSTC As a transmitter.

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

Paul: in responce to ED's comments I used 300' long wire antenna,s in the
1950's . I charged my B+ battry with antenna voltage and current using only
a diode to my Edison Cell battry pack from my antenna to power my tubes.
   Robert  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:02:02 -0600
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> Subject: Re: SSTC As a transmitter.
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> Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
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> Tesla list wrote:
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>> Original poster: "Paul Nicholson by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <paul-at-abelian.demon.co.uk>
> 
>> Also (back on topic!), next time I set up my large coil I'll tune
>> it down to 60kHz with a tractor tyre and see how many volts I get
>> from Rugby MSF.
>> --
>> Paul Nicholson
> 
> I don't know how much power "Rugby MSF" runs, but I live about a mile
> and a half from a 50 kW local BC station on 1430 kHz.  I can develop
> about 30 volts DC at the output of a crystal receiver when I tune to
> them.  I can also get about 250 ma RF current when I series tune the 50
> foot vertical antenna I am using.  The output of the crystal set is to
> give surprising volume out of a speaker, but the actual power delivered
> is still only a few milliwatts.  I suspect that your large coil doesn't
> have an effective height anywhere near 50 feet.
> 
> Ed
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