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Old 11th Jan 2011, 6:33 pm   #7
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Default Re: Battery-less audio amplifier

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Originally Posted by ajs_derby View Post
It would hardly be the silliest thing anyone's ever been prosecuted for.....

ISTR "stealing Post Office electricity" was the only charge that would stick in a '70s phone hacking trial.

Back with harvesting, I suppose if you can get 500mV into 50R with a decent antenna, that's 5mW which could be quite useful. Some cleverness with fets could step it up to a useable voltage too.
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