Hey men Marky26UK i have also build several ELF receivers and made a lot of huge coils and you know what i found?
It isn't lightning at all, well some of it is but for the most part it is energy coming from radioactive decay that is picked up in and around the antenna / receiving coil.
You could think of it as background radiation becoming audible.
I seriously doubt it's lightning. That's just the common assumption. You really think an antenna's going to pick up all lightning, each in comparably equal strength? No chance! :)
@energytruth Hi thanks for viewing & commenting, the crackles you hear is lightning for sure, these vlf receivers have a very high input impedance which is why it picks up very far distant lightning, have a google for vlf, best regards :)
Okay, so you can only pick these up on a radio?.. 'cos a friend and I heard something similar during a thunderstorm.. it was pretty weird, and loud! (can't remember if it was before or after the lightning and / or thunder.. :p ) I love thunderstorms, so I always keep my eyes and ears open to what's going on, but I've never heard anything like this before.
@MPaans Not on a radio, the frequency range is 0Hz - 20Khz, more so in the 0Hz - 16Khz range.
You just need to build a high impedance pre-amp followed by any amplification after that, take a look at my website where i have a schematic, my website link is on my channels page, thanks for viewing :)
@marky26uk Hehe.. tnx for the info, but I'm not planning on buidling one.. what I meant was: we heard a similar sound just with our plain old ears.. it was pretty weird!
Woo-hoooooooo!!!!, Marky, I'm jealous, you get GREAT whistlers! The 2 I got last month, here in Lebanon, Tn. ,were WAY weaker than your"blasters"! I'll do and post video soon. Thanks and blessings to you, Edgar
Great! Nice whistlers, signal looks strong.
Will be happy reading from you abt antenna.
73
f6eju ham radio
jean claude
f6eju 5 days ago
Hey men Marky26UK i have also build several ELF receivers and made a lot of huge coils and you know what i found?
It isn't lightning at all, well some of it is but for the most part it is energy coming from radioactive decay that is picked up in and around the antenna / receiving coil.
You could think of it as background radiation becoming audible.
mrdegare 3 months ago
I seriously doubt it's lightning. That's just the common assumption. You really think an antenna's going to pick up all lightning, each in comparably equal strength? No chance! :)
energytruth 3 months ago
@energytruth Hi thanks for viewing & commenting, the crackles you hear is lightning for sure, these vlf receivers have a very high input impedance which is why it picks up very far distant lightning, have a google for vlf, best regards :)
marky26uk 3 months ago
If you play Tom Sawyer by Rush, you'll hear a synth effect that sounds like these things. Pretty awesome.
TheThreadshitter 4 months ago
Congratulation !
s52ab 8 months ago
@s52ab Thanks for viewing & commenting :)
marky26uk 7 months ago
Okay, so you can only pick these up on a radio?.. 'cos a friend and I heard something similar during a thunderstorm.. it was pretty weird, and loud! (can't remember if it was before or after the lightning and / or thunder.. :p ) I love thunderstorms, so I always keep my eyes and ears open to what's going on, but I've never heard anything like this before.
MPaans 8 months ago
@MPaans Not on a radio, the frequency range is 0Hz - 20Khz, more so in the 0Hz - 16Khz range.
You just need to build a high impedance pre-amp followed by any amplification after that, take a look at my website where i have a schematic, my website link is on my channels page, thanks for viewing :)
marky26uk 7 months ago
@marky26uk Hehe.. tnx for the info, but I'm not planning on buidling one.. what I meant was: we heard a similar sound just with our plain old ears.. it was pretty weird!
MPaans 7 months ago
beautiful!!! :)
yo6ial 10 months ago
@yo6ial Thanks for viewing and your comment :)
marky26uk 10 months ago
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TeslaBobo 1 year ago
very nice ;) I want to try something like you - now I'm searching for some plans for portable VLF receivers and thinking, where to try it :)
TeslaBobo 1 year ago
nice one, thanks for spreading the vlf phenomenon :)
banyek314 1 year ago
Hi Marky, thanks for watching my "Got Whistlers?" video and leaving your kind comments. I've been blessed.
imfree707 1 year ago
@BURPism, Hi BURPism, all you need basically is a simple high impedance pre-amp to receive the band 0-20 KHz.
The ideal receiver would be a portable device as you have to get away from man made interference, of which the main culprit is mains.
A home receiver can be built like mine, but there's quite a bit more to it building a home vlf receiver.
Do a search for yahoo vlf group, i'm a member and there's lots of other members that can help you in building a vlf receiver.
marky26uk 1 year ago
Woo-hoooooooo!!!!, Marky, I'm jealous, you get GREAT whistlers! The 2 I got last month, here in Lebanon, Tn. ,were WAY weaker than your"blasters"! I'll do and post video soon. Thanks and blessings to you, Edgar
imfree707 1 year ago
@imfree707, Hi Edgar, yes pretty good whistlers i got there.
I think there's better stronger whistlers to come yet, can't wait for the sun to explode in sunspots sometime soon.
Hey i look forward to hearing those whistlers you received with your loop Edgar.
Thanks for commenting, regards Mark :)
marky26uk 1 year ago