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- Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] okay, april fools got me
- From: "Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 22:20:24 -0500
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On 4/3/06, Mark Rages <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
>
> There is a old story engineers tell each other about a high-powered
> Mexican (unregulated) AM transmitter right across the border. It
> seems they weren't getting the range they expected, and investigation
> found the peasants were connecting light bulbs to quarter wavelengths
> of wire and getting free illumination.
>
> I don't think the story is true.
I don't think it is, either. But what is true is people tapping into
high power lines using completely dangerous methods (in Mexico). And
then there's the sad situation in the Dominican Republic:
http://www.keithsnell.com/Journal4/culture_of_electricity.htm
The picture is appalling enough, but do read the short passage attached to it.
jking
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