Re: Halloween Coiling and the FCC

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Original poster: "Gary Peterson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <glpeterson-at-tfcbooks-dot-com>

Additional context to previous post:

> > Another way do to the test would be to construct the type
> > of receiver that Tesla himself used to detect the signal
> > generated by a distant Tesla coil.  It consists of a well
> > grounded helical resonator (a fire hydrant works
> > great)
>
> I can't see how a fire hydrant is 'helical'?

One of the points I was trying to make is that a fire hydrant provides a
good ground to connect to with a Tesla-type receiving apparatus.