Additional Info

• ID Code: K8-45
• Purpose: Demonstrates that a spark contains radio waves
• Description: Turn the radio on to a frequency where there is no station. Hold the battery near the radio and short it out by quickly contacting and releasing the contact using a banana wire cable. A clicking sound will readily be heard on the radio.

  Compare J3-23: Faraday Cage - Radio Waves, which can use the same radio to illustrate a related phenomenon.

• Availability: Available
• References: REFERENCES: (PIRA unknown)
• Loc codes: K8
• Videos-1: Video of demonstration