THE AMAZING ÉCLAIRS RECEIVER
Updated: 02-14
©2014
Lennie Zink
(EMF/Charge/Light/Audio/Induction/RF/Sferics)
PROMOTES EXPERIMENTATION AND EXPLORATION
STEREO JACK
MONO JACK
IN1
Multi-aperture Ferrite Core
(6 holes)
WENZEL
GND SIGNAL Vcc
GND SIGNAL
AUDIO IN &
12V POWER TO
ACCESSORIES
R8
1K
AUDIO INPUT
R4 50K typical Input
100K impedance
C15
0.1µF
Vcc
1/4” STEREO
PLUG
PL1
1/4” MONO
PLUG
AUDIO
IN
PL2
C1
100pF
3
VR1
10K
R3
10M
7
1
R5
4.7K
SW2
C13
0.1µF
IN3
1mH
IN2
1.3µH/60R OR
30 TURNS ON A 47 OHM
1/2 WATT RESISTOR
Jameco
Part No.
199938
RESETTABLE
FUSE
RF1
C14
1000µF
*BT1
12V
5
8
TIP
C12
100µF
16V
4
VR2
C9
10µF 1K
16V GAIN
C6
4.7nF
PL3
6
IC1
LM386
C3
.001µF
Q1
2N4401
ALL-BAND
RECEIVER
GND
2
AUDIO
AMPLIFIER
C2
.01µF
C10
0.1µF
SW1
C4
1µF
D1
1N5711
R1
10K
RING SW
RING
C11
47nF
PL4
1/4” STEREO
SWITCHED
PLUG
SPK1
8 ohm
*PL5
3 TERMINAL
BARREL
POWER
PLUG
THE AMAZING ÉCLAIRS RECEIVER
GULP
GNIR
R6
100Ω
CHASSIS
GND GND
FR
C
C
B
E
C3
Q1
2N4401 0.001µF
8
IC1
LM386
R5
4K7
4
5
B
VR1
10K
VOLUME
C10
0.1µF
Vcc
OUT
INPUT
C8
10µF
RF
SELRAHC
LEZNEW
ANT
CHARLES
WENZEL
STRAIN
REFIEF
C4
1µF
A
BOTTOM VIEW
ADAPTERS
FOLDED DIPOLE
with balun
& coaxial feeder
1/4” TO RCA
SHIELDED
CABLE
30mm
GOB OF
GLUE
DIRECTIONAL
YAGI
ANTENNA
2.4 GHz GROUND
PLANE ANTENNA
BNC
TO F
7 6 5
TUNE
4 3
SHIELDED
CABLE
*Calculate value
to tune for
target frequency
F COUPLER
45°
CORKSCREW
ANTENNA
SEPARATED BRAID TWISTED AND
SOLDERED TO FORM 4 ARMS
m
m
TUNED LOOP
ANTENNAS
1/4” TO 1/8”
F QUICK
COUPLER
30
BALUN
*C1
THE AMAZING
ÉCLAIRS RECEIVER
©2014
LENNIE ZINK
USE
CONSTANT
CURRENT CHARGE
230mA 16 HOURS
FOR 2300mAh
BATTERIES
1
SHIELDED
CABLE
PLUG
RING
GAIN
COMPONENT LAYOUT
FERRITE
CORE
ANTENNA
SW
RESETTABLE
FUSE
VR
NIARTS
FEIFER
C16
220µF
D1
1N5711 C2
0.01µF
1
C6
4.7nF
V
C1
100pF
R4
R2 100K
TUPNI
10M
R3
10M
1R
R8
1K
STRAIN
RELIEF
VR2
1K
GAINNIAG
C9
10µF
C15
0.1µF
TNA
+12V
BATT
IN2
1.3µh
60Ω
IN3
1mH
C5
C13 C7 0.1µF
0.1µF 22µF
R1
10K
C11
47nF
NIARTS
FEILER
ELBARF1
TTESER
ESUF
IN1
CHOKE
ccV
TUO
BATT PLUG
GND
TIP
C12
100µF
ESU
TNATSNOC
EGRAHC TNERRUC
SRUOH 61 Am032
hAm0032 ROF
SEIRETTAB
C14
1000µF
25V
MOUNTING CENTERS:
89mm x 54mm
GULP TTAB
DNG
PIT
V21+
TTAB
WS
9 8
GNIZAMA EHT SISDSNAGHCDNG
REVIECER SRIALCÉ
4102©
KNIZ EINNEL
2 1 0
BNC
PLUG
RF
C16
220µF R2
16V 10M
C8
R6
10µF 100Ω
C7
22µF
C5
0.1µF
*BT1
10 NiMH AA
CELLS @
1.2 V, 2300mAh
PROVIDING
+12V
12 VOLTS
*PL5 USED FOR
CHARGING INTERNAL
BATTERIES AS WELL AS
12 VOLT OUTPUT
VARIABLE
CAPACITOR
IN A BOX RABBIT EARS
THE AMAZING ÉCLAIRS RECEIVER
©2014
Lennie Zink
(EMF/Charge/Light/Audio/Induction/RF/Sferics)
SUGGESTED
CONSTRUCTION
1/ 5 T
4 U
in R
.A N
PA S
RT
STORM
DETECTOR
cm .
85 8 in
4
8
48 5 cm
in
.
STRONGEST SIGNAL
(SPHERICS)
72 in.
TUNED
ANTENNA
100-10 kHz
(For use away
from AC
power lines.)
MATCHING
TRANSFORMER
5R:2K
GRN
WHT
BLK
GND
RED
BLUE
TWISTED PAIR
17 1/2
INCHES
ALUMINUM
ELEMENT
17 1/2
INCHES
1/4”
WOOD
DOWEL
WIRE
LOOP
ANTENNA
19 1/2
INCHES
FILTER #1
FILTER #2
BALUN
DIRECTIONAL
YAGI
ANTENNA
ALUMINUM
ELEMENT
18 1/2
INCHES
WOOD SUPPORT
17
INCHES
THE AMAZING ÉCLAIRS RECEIVER
©2014
Lennie Zink
(EMF/Charge/Light/Audio/Induction/RF/Sferics)
C1
2µF 400V
NON-POLARIZED
SLITS IN PVC PIPE
SHOTGUN MICROPHONE
MIC
GND
TO
PHONE
LINE
COVER PIPE WITH SOFT FOAM FOR WIND SCREEN
NOT TO SCALE
T1
600Ω 1:1
ISOLATION
TRANSFORMER
FUNNEL
+V
2
3
5
12V
GND
D1, D2
1N400X
TELEPHONE LINE
AUDIO INTERFACE
GND
GND
6
IC1
LM386
Vcc
4
GND
R6
620Ω
MIC
POWER SOURCE: BATTERY or Vcc
-V
SOON TO BE OBSOLETE
SPLIT VOLTAGE SUPPLY
SHOTGUN MIC #2
(DC MOTOR)
GND
DIRECTIONAL
MICROPHONE
GND
EMF
GENERATOR
MIC
GND
SOLAR
EAR
GND
INDUCTION
PICKUP
ALLIGATOR
TEST CLIPS
GND
MICROPHONE
WIRE
FUNNEL
OR
JAR LID
MIC
GND
STETHOSCOPE
PLASTIC
CONTAINER
FILLED WITH
MINERAL OIL,
SEALED
1/8” TO PHONO ADAPTOR
MIC
GND
1/8” PLUG
MOUNTED IN
CENTER
HYDRO PHONE
WIRE SPOOL
Lightning whistlers were first discovered by German scientist H. Barkhausen
during World War I. To try to eavesdrop on Allied telephone conversations, he
drove two metal stakes into the ground and connected them to the input of an
audio amplifier. Instead of human voices, he heard lots of the atmospheric
sounds. We don’t know how far apart the metal ground pipes were, but trying
to recreate Barkhausen's experience could be a great experiment in itself!
ALLIGATOR
TEST CLIPS
A copper screen buried deep in the earth
for an antenna will also work.
SHIELDED CABLE
GND
GND
A “Rain Alert Microphone” consists of a speaker mounted midway inside a
plastic bucket, mounted bottoms-up on the roof or just out in the yard. This
project evolved from the Air Force’s need for rain alerts during manned rocket
sled tests in New Mexico during the 1950’s! It works very well and also lets
you hear all else going on in your neighborhood, whether you want to or not.
GND
SPEAKER
MICROPHONE
1/8” TO PHONO
“Y” ADAPTOR
©2014
Lennie Zink
THE AMAZING ÉCLAIRS RECEIVER
(EMF/Charge/Light/Audio/Induction/RF/Sferics)
PIEZO EXPERIMENTS
If this piezo speaker is turned
bottom down and the can filled
with cleaning fluid, could it be
used as an ultrasonic cleaner?
FORCE SENSOR /
ACCELEROMETER
GND
PIEZO
TWEETER
HORN
GND
GND
PIEZO
VIBRATION
SENSOR
PIEZO
HYDRO
PHONE
LARGE CAN
GLUE
GLUE
GLUE
TUNA CAN
PIEZO SPEAKER
PIEZO
DISC
SOLDER
COMPONENTS
TO PIEZO
LOAD
SOUND
EXPERIMENT
OUTPUT
MAGNET
LID
MASSAGE
WITH
FINGERS
MAGNETIC VIBRATION SENSOR
Open a can of tuna with an edge-cutting opener. After a good
washing, glue a magnet to the top of the lid. Glue a piezo disc
to the inside of the lid. Attach a 1/8 inch connector through the
side of the can and solder the piezo wires to it. Test the piezo
by connecting it to the input of an audio amplifier. Seal the lid
to the can. The magnet will hold the sensor to metal objects.
GLUE TO
COTTON BALL
SALT
OR POWDER
VIBRATION
EXPERIMENT
LEAD FISHING BALL
PLASTIC
SPACERS
GLUE
TUBE
AUDIO
FROM
AMPLIFIER
OUTPUT
A VARIABLE TONE
GENERATOR LIKE
A VCO SHOULD
PRODUCE
INTERESTING
PATTERNS.
WILL A PIEZO
UNDER
PRESSURE
LIGHT AN LED?
BOWL
CYMATICS DISPLAY
SLINKY RECEIVER
INCREASED SURFACE
AREA EXPERIMENT
LIGHT EXPERIMENT
DOUBLE-FACED
ADHESIVE TAPE
Mounting the piezo with
double-faced adhesive tape
to a wall, structure-borne
sound can be captured.
Further experimenting with
other objects will reveal lots
of surprising sounds.
VIBRATION
EXPERIMENT
©2014
Lennie Zink
THE AMAZING ÉCLAIRS RECEIVER
(EMF/Charge/Light/Audio/Induction/RF/Sferics)
SPEAKER EXPERIMENTS
CYMATICS DISPLAY
Carefully cut away the center dome
attached to the speaker coil.
Glue a piece of plastic in its place.
GND
SPEAKER
MICROPHONE
Face the speaker upwards.
It is ready to hold powders or
crystals like salt.
Place a layer of plastic wrap over
the speaker and it will hold water.
Connect the speaker to an audio
amplifier with a sound producing
source such as a tone generator.
Slowly turn up the volume. Different
tone frequencies will produce
various patterns.
POSSIBLE SPEAKER “CABINETS”
sGlass canning jars
sPVC pipe fittings
s2 liter plastic bottle
sTin can
sFoam cup
sCD/DVR case
sWatering can
sCoffee mugs of all types
10, 12, or 15 inch
subwoofer speaker
DOME
Glue a vinyl tube to the cone
of a large speaker. While
water is running through the
tube, adjust frequency and
volume of amplified signal.
Observe the changes in the
stream of water.
GLUE
THE STREAM OF WATER EXPERIMENT
LOW FREQUENCY MICROPHONE
©2014
Lennie Zink
12 VOLT
THE AMAZING ÉCLAIRS RECEIVER
(EMF/Charge/Light/Audio/Induction/RF/Sferics)
THE AMAZING ÉCLAIRS
RECEIVER
•EMF
•Charge
•Light
•Audio
•Induction
•RF
•Sferics
VCC
OFF
INPUT
AUDIO
ANTENNA
VOLUME
MAX
SPEAKER
GRILL
TEMPLATE
CUT BETWEEN
OUTSIDE LINES
HOBBY
ELECTRONICS
PHONES
RF
200 kHz
INTERNAL RECEIVER CIRCUITS:
•
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200 kHz and higher All-Band Radio Frequency Receiver
Audio Amplifier
BASIC ACCESSORIES
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2.4GHz Antennas
Alligator Clips for experiments
Directional Microphone
EMF Generator
Folded Dipole Antenna
Hydro Phone
Loopstick Antenna
Rabbit Ears Antenna
Sferics Detector
Solar Ear
Speaker Experiments
Speaker Microphone
Split Voltage Supply
Stethoscope
Telephone Line Interface
Tuned Loop Antenna
Variable Capacitor in a Box
Vibration Sensor
Yagi Antenna
IMPORTANT DATES CONCERNING ELECTRICITY
600 B.C. Thales of Miletus writes about amber becoming charged by rubbing - he was describing what we
now call static electricity.
1600 English scientist, William Gilbert first coined the term “electricity” from the Greek word for amber.
Gilbert wrote about the electrification of many substances in his “De magnete, magneticisique
corporibus”. He also first used the terms electric force, magnetic pole, & electric attraction.
1660 Otto von Guericke invented a machine that produced static electricity.
1675 Robert Boyle discovered that electric force could be transmitted through a vacuum & observed
attraction & repulsion.
1729 Stephen Gray’s discovery of the conduction of electricity.
1733 Charles Francois du Fay discovered that electricity comes in two forms which he called resinous
(-) & vitreous (+). Benjamin Franklin & Ebenezer Kinnersley later renamed the two forms as positive
& negative.
1745 Georg Von Kleist discovered that electricity was controllable.
Dutch physicist, Pieter van Musschenbroek invented the “Leyden Jar” the first electrical capacitor.
Leyden jars store static electricity.
1747 Benjamin Franklin experiments with static charges in the air & theorized about the existence of an
electrical fluid that could be composed of particles.
William Watson discharged a Leyden jar through a circuit, that began the comprehension of current
& circuit.
Henry Cavendish started measuring the conductivity of different materials.
1752 Benjamin Franklin invented the lightening rod - he demonstrated lightning was electricity.
1767 Joseph Priestley discovered that electricity followed Newton’s inverse-square law of gravity.
1786 Italian physician, Luigi Galvani demonstrated what we now understand to be the electrical basis of
nerve impulses when he made frog muscles twitch by jolting them with a spark from an electrostatic
machine.
1800 First electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta. Volta proved that electricity could travel over
wires.
1816 First energy utility in US founded.
1820 Relationship of electricity & magnetism confirmed by Hans Christian Oersted who observed that
electrical currents effected the needle on a compass & Marie Ampere, who discovered that a coil of
wires acted like a magnet when a current is passed thorough it.
D. F. Arago invented the electromagnet.
1821 First electric motor invented by Michael Faraday.
1826 Ohms Law written by Georg Simon Ohm states that “conduction law that relates potential, current, &
circuit resistance.”
1827 Joseph Henry’s electromagnetic experiments lead to the concept of electrical inductance. Joseph
Henry built one of the first electrical motors.
1831 Principles of electromagnetism induction, generation & transmission discovered by Michael Faraday.
1837 First industrial electric motors.
1839 First fuel cell invented by Sir William Robert Grove, a Welsh judge, inventor & physicist.
1841 J. P. Joule’s law of electrical heating published.
1873 James Clerk Maxwell wrote equations that described the electromagnetic field, & predicted the
existence of electromagnetic waves traveling with the speed of light.
1878 Edison Electric Light Co. (US) & American Electric & Illuminating (Canada) founded.
1879 First commercial power station opens in San Francisco, uses Charles Brush generator & arc lights.
First commercial arc lighting system installed, Cleveland, Ohio.
Thomas Edison demonstrates his incandescent lamp, Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1880 First power system isolated from Edison.
In Grand Rapids Michigan: Charles Brush arc light dynamo driven by water turbine used to provide
theater & storefront illumination.
IMPORTANT DATES CONCERNING ELECTRICITY
1881 Niagra Falls, New York; Charles Brush dynamo, connected to turbine in Quigley's flour mill lights city
street lamps.
1882 Edison Company opens Pearl Street power station.
The first hydroelectric power station opens in Wisconsin.
1883 The electric transformer is invented.
Thomas Edison introduces the "three-wire" transmission system.
1884 Steam turbine invented by Charles Parsons.
1886 William Stanley develops transformer & Alternating Current electric system.
Frank Sprague builds first American transformer & demonstrates use of step up & step down
transformers for long distance AC power transmission in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
The Westinghouse Electric Company is organized. 40 to 50 water powered electric plants reported
on line or under construction in the U.S. & Canada.
1887 In San Bernadino, California, the High Grove Station, first hydroelectric plant in the West is opened.
1888 Rotating field AC alternator invented by Nikola Tesla.
1889 Oregon City Oregon, Willamette Falls station, first AC hydroelectric plant.
Single phase power transmitted 13 miles to Portland at 4,000 volts, stepped down to 50 volts for
distribution.
1891 60 cycle AC system introduced in U.S.
1892 General Electric Company formed by the merger of Thomson-Houston & Edison General Electric.
1893 Westinghouse demonstrates “universal system” of generation & distribution at Chicago exposition.
In Austin, Texas, the first dam designed specifically for hydroelectric power built across Colorado
River is completed.
1897 Electron discovered by J. J. Thomson.
1900 Highest voltage transmission line 60 Kilovolt.
1902 5-Megawatt turbine for Fisk St. Station (Chicago).
1903 First successful gas turbine (France). World’s first all turbine station (Chicago). Shawinigan Water &
Power installs world’s largest generator (5,000 Watts) & world’s largest & highest voltage line—136
Km & 50 Kilovolts (to Montreal).
Electric vacuum cleaner. Electric washing machine.
1904 John Ambrose Fleming invented the diode rectifier vacuum tube.
1905 In Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan the first low head hydro plant with direct connected vertical shaft
turbines & generators is opened.
1906 In Ilchester, Maryland, a fully submerged hydroelectric plant is built inside Ambursen Dam.
1907 Lee De Forest invented the electric amplifier.
1909 The first pumped storage plant is opened in Switzerland.
1910 Ernest R. Rutherford measured the distribution of an electric charge within the atom.
1911 Willis Haviland Carrier disclosed his basic Rational Psychrometric Formulae to the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers. The formula still stands today as the basis in all fundamental calculations
for the air conditioning industry.
R. D. Johnson invents the differential surge tank & Johnson invents hydrostatic penstock valve.
1913 Electric refrigerator is invented.
Robert Millikan measured the electric charge on a single electron.
1917 Hydracone draft tube patented by W. M. White.
1920 First U.S. station to only burn pulverized coal is opened.
Federal Power Commission (FPC) is established.
1922 Connecticut Valley Power Exchange (CONVEX) starts, pioneering interconnection between utilities.
1928 Construction of Boulder Dam begins.
Federal Trade Commission begins investigation of holding companies.
1933 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) established.
1935 The Public Utility Holding Company Act is passed. The Federal Power Act is passed. The Securities
& Exchange Commission is established. The Bonneville Power Administration is established.
The first night baseball game in major leagues is played made possible by electric lighting.
IMPORTANT DATES CONCERNING ELECTRICITY
1936 Highest steam temperature reaches 900 degrees Fahrenheit vs. 600 degrees Fahrenheit in early
1920s.
287 Kilovolt line runs 266 miles to Boulder (Hoover) Dam.
The Rural Electrification Act is passed.
1947 The transistor is invented.
1953 The first 345 Kilovolt transmission line is laid.
The first nuclear power station ordered.
1954 The first high voltage direct current (HVDC) line (20 megawatts/1900 Kilovolts, 96 Km).
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 allows private ownership of nuclear reactors.
1963 The Clean Air Act is passed.
1965 The Northeast Blackout occurs.
1968 The North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) is formed.
1969 The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 is passed.
1970 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is formed.
The Water & Environmental Quality Act is passed.
The Clean Air Act of 1970 is passed.
1972 The Clean Water Act of 1972 is passed.
1975 Brown’s Ferry nuclear accident occurs.
1977 The New York City blackout occurs.
The Department of Energy (DOE) is formed.
1978 The Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) is passed, & ends utility monopoly over
generation.
The Power Plant & Industrial Fuel Use Act limits the use of natural gas in electric generation
(repealed 1987).
1979 The Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurs.
1980 The first U.S. windfarm is opened.
The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning & Conservation Act establishes regional regulation &
planning.
1981 PURPA ruled unconstitutional by Federal judge.
1982 U.S. Supreme Court upholds legality of PURPA in FERC v. Mississippi (456 US 742).
1984 Annapolis, N.S., tidal power plant—first of its kind in North America (Canada) opened.
1985 Citizens Power, first power marketer, goes into business.
1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident (USSR) occurs.
1990 Clean Air Act amendments mandate additional pollution controls.
1992 The National Energy Policy Act is passed.
1997 ISO New England begins operation (first ISO). New England Electric sells power plants (first major
plant divestiture).
1998 California opens market & ISO. Scottish Power (UK) to buy Pacificorp, first foreign takeover of US
utility. National (UK) Grid then announces purchase of New England Electric System.
1999 Electricity marketed on Internet.
FERC issues Order 2000, promoting regional transmission.