On 21 Apr 2004 12:57:16 -0700, (Dr. Slick) wrote:
Ok, so do you electrically attach the two leads together
make a loop out of them, and then wrap this loop around the
dipole? That's what the other poster seemed to be suggesting,
use an inductive pick-up loop, which essentially shorts the
two leads together (a DC short that is).

Hi OM,

Cut the wires off - it doesn't matter, the energy is in the field and
THAT is what is lighting it up. [Standard lab demo of exciting an
ionized gas.] In the late 70s you would find these lamps at the end
of CB whips.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC