X-GM-THRID: 1238683102978290637 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.78.172.11 with SMTP id u11cs264877hue; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 08:17:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.183.19 with SMTP id g19mr7298842buf.1181402224566; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:17:04 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id c14si3680099nfi.2007.06.09.08.17.02; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:17:04 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Hx2dK-0006cR-FD for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:13:42 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Hx2dJ-0006cI-7p for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:13:41 +0100 Received: from cmsout01.mbox.net ([165.212.64.31]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Hx2dI-00024B-2O for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:13:41 +0100 Received: from cmsout01.mbox.net (cmsout01.mbox.net [165.212.64.31]) by cmsout01.mbox.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4312F50D0 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 15:13:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmsapps03.cms.usa.net [165.212.11.132] by cmsout01.mbox.net via smtad (C8.MAIN.3.34P) with ESMTP id XID521LFiPNd3531X01; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:13:29 -0000 X-USANET-Source: 165.212.11.132 IN dibene@usa.net cmsapps03.cms.usa.net X-USANET-MsgId: XID521LFiPNd3531X01 Received: from [192.168.0.2] [151.77.65.218] by cmsapps03.cms.usa.net (ASMTP/dibene@usa.net) via mtad (C8.MAIN.3.31J) with ESMTP id 060LFiPNA0229M39; Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:13:26 GMT X-USANET-Auth: 151.77.65.218 AUTH dibene@usa.net [192.168.0.2] Message-ID: <466AC393.8040903@usa.net> Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:13:23 +0200 From: Alberto di Bene User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <466994A0.9020605@usa.net> <200706090913170234.02694368@smtp.wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <200706090913170234.02694368@smtp.wanadoo.fr> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 Z-USANET-MsgId: XID060LFiPNb0229X39 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: Reinventing Wheels. Wireless Power Transmission - again. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1479 John RABSON wrote: > On 08/06/2007 at 19:40 Alberto di Bene wrote: > >> Making a 60W light bulb glow from a distance of 2m does not impress me. >> If the distance were a kilometer, then it could be really considered a >> breakthrough, IMHO. > One of my mentors (G3ERN SK) used to light an eight-foot fluorescent tube by touching it to the top of his 160m mobile whip. He then walked around the yard and the tube stayed lit. > > John F5VLF/G3PAI That reminds me of the good ol' times when I was young and I was experimenting with my first Tx using the mythical 813 tube (or valve, if you prefer). Tuning was accomplished by setting the controls for the max brightness of a fluorescent lamp hand-held at about 1m from the plate circuitry... 73 Alberto I2PHD