When I think of 'geek heroes' I include Nikola Tesla and Edwin Armstrong. I can't drive by WSM's stick (sorry, broadcast terminology for 'antenna') without thinking of Armstrong. That 'pole' on top of the Blaw-Knox antenna was a 49 MHz FM broadcast antenna; FM having been invented by Armstrong.
Dirty dealings by David Sarnoff of RCA led to the adoption of the 88-108 MHz band for FM, effectively killing Armstrong's invention. Armstrong committed suicide; Sarnoff died rich. And so it goes… On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 3:29 PM, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com>wrote: > I would say that it is more a matter of knowing the history of > engineering, given that Edison died in 1931 and Tesla died in 1943 (yes, I > had to look those dates up). > > > On May 27, 2014 12:31:56 PM CDT, "Steven S. Critchfield" < > cri...@basesys.com> wrote: > > I didn't build a tesla coil and I got it. Of course it might be more > > telling of age though. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Pretty obvious, it seems. Did anyone else build a tesla coil as a > > kid? > > > Mine would throw an arc 2' in length. > > > > > > Curt > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 7:10 AM, John F. Eldredge > > > <j...@jfeldredge.com>wrote: > > > > > > > Let's see who gets this visual pun. > > > > > > > > -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com > > > > "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate > > > > cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." > > > > Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > > Google Groups > > > > "NLUG" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit > > this > > > > group at > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > > > > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > > Google Groups > > > > "NLUG" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > send an > > > > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google > > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this > > > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google > > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > send > > > an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com > "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot > drive out hate; only love can do that." > Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
