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spark transmitter

American

noun

Radio.

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

spark transmitter British

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of spark transmitter

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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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.

From The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view by Joly, Norman F.

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