SPARK TRANSMITTER Definition & Meaning

spark transmitter

Radio.

a transmitting set that generates electromagnetic waves by the oscillatory discharge from a capacitor through an inductor and a spark gap.

spark transmitter

an early type of radio transmitter in which power is generated by discharging a capacitor through an inductor in series with a spark gap

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First recorded in 1915–20

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First we had the spark transmitters and then we graduated to transformers——” “And they still gave us the spark,” added Joe, taking up the theme.

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I bought a kit of parts and assembled a small receiver and being so close to the powerful spark transmitter that was all I ever heard.

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