That's just cool! On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
> Like in Ukraine: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bWOHrT3lBs > > > *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 08, 2015 4:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] dumb curiosity question > > Close to an AM tower you'll definitely have a good bit. If there's > enough juice to catch grass on fire when you short it out, there's enough > amps to charge a phone. > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That's been done on mythbusters..... pretty much "no". There's >> measurable energy there, but typically you're getting microvolts. >> >> If you're really close to a high power transmitter, then you might get a >> little something out of the air. >> >> >> >> On 1/8/2015 4:47 PM, That One Guy wrote: >> >> With the amount of RF always traveling through the air, in an average >> urban environment if a guy has some magic antenna to stick up and capture >> everything flowing through tha point in space, could you steal that energy >> and charge a cellphone? >> >> >> >> -- >> All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that >> the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you >> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not >> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 >> >> >> >
