Scalar Wave - Energy

[sparks]

yep 

[BEP]

@Sparks,

Have you ever blown your finals doing these experiments?

('finals' = CB lingo for PA, final RF transmitter output stage, etc)

Most modern CBs will take a bit of abuse but easily blow if not loaded correctly.

[sparks]

I  melted one transmitter down before I used the water.  The water appears to be a dummy load.  The bulb brightness is also effected by any amplitude modulation.  You can see yourself talk.

[BEP]

I  melted one transmitter down before I used the water.  The water appears to be a dummy load.  The bulb brightness is also effected by any amplitude modulation.  You can see yourself talk.

Yea. The wire along the light tube and the tube makes for a simple transmission line, the water terminates that TL.

In my CB days (a very long time ago - don't use it much any more) we hung 8ft. tubes in the shack as fun modulation meters 

Of course, I had a 'foot warmer' back then 

I needed the light tube because every time I keyed-down the house lights would dim 

[sparks]

   Another way to lightup a fluorescent is place one end near the flyback of a tv transformer.  Ground one of the electrodes farthest from the flyback.  More efficient than heating up a faraday cage.  The unit in question didint have any xray shielding anyway so it was real easy to do.