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Re: [TCML] Will an audio sstc play the radio?
Use a car radio. These are meant to cope with static charges and sparks
onto the antenna.
I have run a car radio quite close to 4ft sparks (like 1-2 feet further).
Hard to hear the radio of course but seemed to work fine (on FM). Would
probably have severe interference on AM.
Peter
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Hall" <brianh4242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:46 PM
Subject: RE: [TCML] Will an audio sstc play the radio?
A small Faraday cage around the coil might contain the RF so as not to
interfere with the radio. From watching the video on the link you provided
the discharges aren't that long, so a box type cage with wood for the edges
and metal screen door mesh (which you can probably get a your local hardware
store) for the sides and top might work. See some of the cages emailed
recently to the list, pictures people sent of what they stand inside of
while big coils throw sparks at the cage while taking pictures with RF
sensitive digital cameras.
When I was on a tour of the MIT ion thruster lab they had a similar rig with
fine copper mesh around a new project, so as not to interfere with other
electronics in the room.
Just a guess here, someone else should probably weigh in too before you
spend that much on the rig.
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Brian Hall
From: b-u-r-t-o-n-boy@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:28:15 -0500
Subject: [TCML] Will an audio sstc play the radio?
Hello.I am building this:
http://www.easternvoltageresearch.com/audio_classe.htmlfor a science
fair.I was planning to play the radio through it (i.e. just connect the
radio headphone output to the plasma speaker input).Although, after some
thinking, i realized that the sparks from the tesla coil might interfere
with the radio reciever.I have tried different tests (like taking some of
my other sgtc's and playing a radio with them running) and the radio
doesnt seem to be affected (other then the display going crazy). But that
might be different for an audio sstc because it is higher frequency. If
anyone has any advice on how to fix this issue, or knows if this will be
an issue at all, please let me know. I need to figure this out before i
spend $200 on this thing.thanks :)
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