Lightning not in a bottle but heard by a chip

[Phil]

Brian, G2KQ, came to visit recently with his excellent reproduction coherer detector set. With a short antenna it will detect a piezo gas igniter firing across a room. I really think he ought to bring it to Dayton this year for all to admire (including US Immigration).

Later on, it started to trigger spuriously for no obvious reason. Shortly after Brian left, the thunderstorm arrived.

Phil M1GWZ




On 4 May 2012, at 01:26, Joseph Bento wrote:

> On 5/3/2012 12:33 PM, Mike O'Dell wrote:
>> Take this:
>>    http://www.austriamicrosystems.com/Products/RF-Products/Lightning-Sensor/AS3935
>> 
>> swizzle in a bit of APRS
>> 
>> and presto! distributed lightning detector network!
>> 
> An AM radio is so much easier, and everyone has one.  Not networked, mind you.  Just tune as low as it can go - usually about 530KHz.
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