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Re: Perpetuum Mobile invented !

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From: I Johnston
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 00:00
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mcdermid@hcl.com wrote:

: Hey, that's still kinda neat though.  An actual useful (sort-of) application
: of broadcast power.  I'll have to build one of these.

I used to know people interested in what I think they called
"self-powered radios" - not crystal sets, but amplified using broadcast
power. The real challenge, of course, was in the power supply and
avoiding distortion in the audio signal.

Ian
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From: ianj@tattoo.ed.ac.uk (I Johnston)
Subject: Re: Perpetuum Mobile invented !
Date: 1996/05/31
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