Originally posted by wings
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Originally posted by mikec_ut
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My conclusion - Lester was very clever, and for all my efforts, I don't come close.
I certainly have not been able to suss out the Mk1-2 versions.
I did however think that tin wings were the 'antenna', or at least a differential capacitor tuning the first set of inductors with respect to the capacitive free space coupling of all the other wiring. Also that the resonance effect was vibrator pulse tuned.
Presently I am about to try experimenting with Mk3 replications.
Unfortunately my Geiger Counter recently passed away through old age and I am trying to purchase another.
Why a Geiger Counter ?
Well I suppose I could use a radio or headphones as Lester and Aho did to detect the onset of operation, but listening for and to EM inductions/ radiations is not the same as detecting the atomically reactive output which sustains output.
Also I have no wish to harm myself or anyone else through radiations which might extend beyond magnetically coupled inductions.
So: Slowly - Slowly -
Cheers ........... Graham.
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