MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY c1919 LIFEBOAT SPARK TRANSMITTER Type 241C

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Ain't science fun!  And most of us survived.

N0UU

---- Mike O'Dell <mo at ccr.org> wrote: 
> 
> my episode as a menace to the ionosphere involved a very large
> Tesla coil powered by a 15kv neon sign transformer, spark gap,
> and window-pane capacitor. (Yes, Popular Electronics)
> 
> oh yes, a 200 foot long-wire antenna connected to the HV terminal.
> 
> the St. Elmo's fire was quite impressive at night. I played with it
> for about half an hour when the phone in the house rang. My mom said
> it was a ham friend from across town. He wanted to know if I was
> "doing anything". I asked why he was asking. He said that nobody
> with an antenna could get squat, and it was even getting into the
> CATV plant. He strongly suggested I stop whatever I was not doing
> IMMEDIATELY and NOT DO IT AGAIN. Which I complied with.
> 
> 	    -mo
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