>> >> Main problem seems to be that with all the solid-state opportunities >> for various forms of "coherers," no one has >> picked up any signals of significance to reproduce even a smidgen of his >> effect. Why is that? >> >> Hal > > I think it is because if anyone picked up such a signal the > world would be overloaded with fried "Hams". > Moray's results under a thundercloud not withstanding. :-) > > Fred OTOH, there is a ubiquitous 120 volt per meter fair-weather field potential near earth ground that would put a 1,200 - 10,000 volt positive potential on the 10-80 ft height by 80-200 ft long above-ground horizontal antenna feeding a parallel LC tuning circuit ( a coil and a glass sheet? capacitor) in series with the variable resistance metal-filings "Coherer" which is in series with the incandescent filament light bulbs and/or an ~ 600 watt electric flatiron all with a very high coefficient of resistance temperature-current, leading into a good earth ground.
IOW, this an open-ended transmission line (Line-To-Ground LC) that might by happenstance hit a resonance point that could set up some husky HF (Megahz?) oscillations off the ~26,000 coulomb excess electron charge of the earth, that could do something strange enough to vindicate Dr. Moray's 1909 - 1930s anachronistic sojourn into solid state physics. IOW II, you have a gigaohm/meter internal resistance battery D.C.-wise but, if RF oscillation sets in, it's a whole different ball game, and if perchance you succeed, the FCC will be knocking on you door shortly after. Fred
