[sdiy] generators/antennas

[Edu Silva]

Trevor Page wrote:
> 
> Someone near to the transmitter 'stealing' power is a different story
> though I guess, if whatever they implement to actually absorb the
> power is elaborate and near enough to cause a significant mismatch in
> the antenna system or something... especially if they physically
> attach something to the radiating element. I'm guessing 'ere.
 

I've read about something funny that happened years ago, near a TV
station in Rio de Janeiro. People that lived very near the antenna
discovered that fluorescent lights would bright, even disconnected from
the AC line. Soon, dozens of houses were full of fluorescent lamps,
brighting night and day...   This really "sucked" the RF signal, and the
TV station had to deal with the case: how to tell the people to stop
this and use incandescent lights?

I really don't know how this story ended up.  


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 Edu Silva . ES2 Audio
 Salvador  BA   Brazil
 bahi0387 at terra.com.br
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