I'm building the lightning detector from techlib.com - schematic from that webpage attached.
It is apparently a simple receiver tuned to receive RF signals at approx 300kHz emitted by lightning.
The author of the circuit shows a simulator circuit you attach to the antenna of the detector.... I have built this, and it seems to act the way the author suggests - but I was wishing to build a simple transmitter to test the detector in a real sense - would only need to transmit several inches or so. I've thought of making a 555 oscillate at 300kHz and running an antenna from the 555 output....
Would this work?
Any other suggestions to make a burst of 300kHz RF??
(As indicated above - below circuit is from techlib.com - by C.Wenzel )
It is apparently a simple receiver tuned to receive RF signals at approx 300kHz emitted by lightning.
The author of the circuit shows a simulator circuit you attach to the antenna of the detector.... I have built this, and it seems to act the way the author suggests - but I was wishing to build a simple transmitter to test the detector in a real sense - would only need to transmit several inches or so. I've thought of making a 555 oscillate at 300kHz and running an antenna from the 555 output....
Would this work?
Any other suggestions to make a burst of 300kHz RF??
(As indicated above - below circuit is from techlib.com - by C.Wenzel )
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