Kapanadze-Tesla- A Different view

[Tonyx]

Practically, the ticker consists of nothing but two fine crossed gold wires, which are vibrated at the rate of 100 vibrations per second, by means of an electromagnet or clockwork. This may be connected to a secondary circuit which is coupled electromagnetically with the primary circuit as in Fig. 2, or in many other ways.
      The theory of action is about as follows:
      A indicates a receiving antenna or aerial circuit from which alternations are induced in the coil B, which, together with the condensers C and D, constitutes a closed resonant circuit; R may be any form of detector but an ordinary telephone receiver is usually used; I is the interrupter mentioned above and is connected to connect condenser E in parallel with condenser D. When the contact at I is open and assuming that the resonant circuit B C D is tuned to resonance under these circumstances, intense alternations will appear in this resonant circuit B C D, without passing through the telephone receiver R, because of its enormous reactance to high frequency alternations. If now the interrupter I closes the circuit and throws in this condenser E the accumulated energy in the resonant circuit B C D will discharge itself suddenly through the telephone receiver R. The reason for this action is approximately as follows:
      While the coil A and B are in resonance the condenser C is charged and discharged at a rate corresponding to the frequency of the alternations. B therefore offers no opposition to this charge and discharge but assists it and maintains the intensity of the alternations. If, however, the condenser has a charge when B is thrown out of resonance with A because of the closing of I and the insertion of more capacity E the discharge of the charge in C will be opposed by B and the charge will have to find another path which it does through R. This discharge takes place in a minute fraction of a second, thus producing a sharp tap in the receiver.

[energia9]

Practically, the ticker consists of nothing but two fine crossed gold wires, which are vibrated at the rate of 100 vibrations per second, by means of an electromagnet or clockwork. This may be connected to a secondary circuit which is coupled electromagnetically with the primary circuit as in Fig. 2, or in many other ways.
      The theory of action is about as follows:
      A indicates a receiving antenna or aerial circuit from which alternations are induced in the coil B, which, together with the condensers C and D, constitutes a closed resonant circuit; R may be any form of detector but an ordinary telephone receiver is usually used; I is the interrupter mentioned above and is connected to connect condenser E in parallel with condenser D. When the contact at I is open and assuming that the resonant circuit B C D is tuned to resonance under these circumstances, intense alternations will appear in this resonant circuit B C D, without passing through the telephone receiver R, because of its enormous reactance to high frequency alternations. If now the interrupter I closes the circuit and throws in this condenser E the accumulated energy in the resonant circuit B C D will discharge itself suddenly through the telephone receiver R. The reason for this action is approximately as follows:
      While the coil A and B are in resonance the condenser C is charged and discharged at a rate corresponding to the frequency of the alternations. B therefore offers no opposition to this charge and discharge but assists it and maintains the intensity of the alternations. If, however, the condenser has a charge when B is thrown out of resonance with A because of the closing of I and the insertion of more capacity E the discharge of the charge in C will be opposed by B and the charge will have to find another path which it does through R. This discharge takes place in a minute fraction of a second, thus producing a sharp tap in the receiver.

interresting, have you built one of this device allready? can you tell me why gold?

[Tonyx]

 Hi,
I have made some experiments with a small SSTC and the Ticker was driven with an IC TC4420 circuit but without success. Maybe the CD4046 IC can get better adjusted - to get synchrony with the TC. The Ticker circuit with the description comes from http://earlyradiohistory.us/1910poul.htm
The coil B I got in resonance with 1/4 of coil A. When I short cut the coil B - the lamp in parallel still glows as Tesla described.

[Xenophanes2]

I think you are all on the right track here guys.Tesla was using the Wardenclyffe Tower to 'pump' high frequency waves to ground,which would spread out across the Earth to be be picked up by tuned,and most importunity WELL GROUNDED receiving stations.In this modern era of course we have industry and residential homes doing this for us at no cost (to us) all over the World as a byproduct of the 50/60 hz mains.Could this be why Tariel kapanadze`s device is tuned to 60hz and requires a deep earth ground with massive surface area(a car radiator)?This goes against the grain of the many 'experts' who claim Tesla was bouncing a charge off the ionosphere  lol. The following is a little known write up by the great Hugo Gernsback,publisher of Electrical Experimenter magazine and personal friend to Tesla back in the early 1900s.Read carefully.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/93373783@N03/14911897912/in/photostream/lightbox/

I think it all fits together pretty well and no exotic materials are mentioned.I scanned a few more pages here if anyone`s interested.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/93373783@N03/

Pretty damn cool for 1908.


edit; oops just realized this is an ancient thread.

[Bob Smith]

I know this is an old thread, but what the heck. Reading the clip from Tesla's patent above, it states that the device produces resonance in the earth (lines 13-15) and a standing wave (line 9).  Producing a standing wave seems to figure prominently in some Tesla-based devices. Drawing from the standing wave, it seems to me, allows the oscillations to continue without dampening them. In that sense, we have a continuous supply of energy.
Bob
PS Nice clips, Xenophanes!