Re: TESLA COILS are ILLEGAL!

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Daniel McCauley by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
> 
> Tesla coils are ILLEGAL anyways when operating outside a sealed EMI
> environment.  A friend of mine received numerous warnings and even a hefty
> fine once from the FCC for operating his tesla coil.  Of course he lived
> near a local airport, but it is still illegal period!

	Actually, TC's themselves aren't illegal, but the interference from
them is.  To get in trouble a guy would have to operate them in an area
(like the airport) where interference would hurt anything, stay ON long
enough to be noticed and identified, and the source determined. 

Ed