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Many many moons ago, when I hung out in a group that ran CBs with linear amps, we used to win bets with people by saying that we could light up a florescent bulb without any kind of power source... which we did by holding the bulb near the CB antenna and keying up.

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My dad had a story about this happening by accident at his workplace.

There was a lightbulb which wouldn’t switch off. Electrician came in, tested the switch, very confused, took the glowing light out of its socket and it still continued to shine.

you won the bet...by using a power source? :)

They were swindlers, raking in hundreds in cash using scientific knowledge that was indistinguishable from magic to lesser educated minds.

a wireless power source if you will

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