Hamburg's Light Miracle
In 1934, short after the inauguration of the facility, some owners of recreational gardens discovered, that a light bulb connected to ground and a highly spun wire make the bulb light up brightly enough to illuminate a small housing. Later many other did so. Transmission energy is taken from the transmitter, and induces electrical power in the wire. This effect was not discovered immediately. Later, technicians of the transmitter noticed, that in the housings of nearby gardens lights went on and off depending on whether the transmitter was switched on or off. This phenomenon got the nickname "Hamburger Lichtwunder" (German: "Hamburg's light miracle"). After this was discovered, use of transmitting energy of radio transmitters for other purposes than radio reception was prohibited in Germany by law.
technic3d.com, Literature "Wunder der Wellen", Author: Eduard Rhein
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