To: blam
Back in 1958 when transistor radios first came out I learned that you could put it next to the power line going to the meter at our house and the volume would increase.
Must be the same principle.
12 posted on
12/18/2007 2:54:55 PM PST by
E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Back in 1958 when transistor radios first came out I learned that you could put it next to the power line going to the meter at our house and the volume would increase. Must be the same principle.
No, in that case, the power lines were coupling to the antenna and boosting the signal that the radio was receiving.
18 posted on
12/18/2007 3:18:40 PM PST by
Bob
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Back in 1958 when transistor radios first came out I learned that you could put it next to the power line going to the meter at our house and the volume would increase.
It could also be the power line acting as an antenna as well, sort of like how the "Select-A-Tenna" works through induction. Still, I think I'll take my 1965 "Maggie" (Magnavox) 8 transistor radio and try it.
27 posted on
12/18/2007 4:05:44 PM PST by
Nowhere Man
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