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The Strange True Story of a Radio Station's Transmitter in New York State
"Jim-NN7K" . wrote in message ... Mike- Tho this NOT about R.F., it is about induction- I agree. And while I realizeit's quite possible to get 'shocks' off an induction coupling that essentially goes to a high impedance, it's a far cry from being able to 'power a house' with a broadcast transmitter that wasn't designed for the purpose. Yes, Tesla lit up bulbs, in one case a reported 50 miles from his transmitter site, but that was with a setup specifically geared to transmit power with brute force, with fairly huge receiving antennas specifically designed to pull the power from the broadcast wave. And before someone brings up RFID tags... Tags are DESIGNED to work in the RF field. They actually couple magnetically like a transformer to the readers antenna. But realize how fast the field falls off and what limited range they have. But actually, in reference to the original comment, I believe IF someone did pull power from the air, it WOULD degrade the broadcast signal. Mike |
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