Practical Guige to Free Energy Devices

My frequency reads 35.4 KHz or 35400 Hz. That calculates out to .035400 MHz. If I divide 247 by .035400 I get
6,977.40112994 feet. In reading the examples given in Dons pictures and text no reference is given to use of
anywhere near that length of wire. In fact the reference to length is in the ten foot range. Am I way off base here
or what? Do you come up with the same figures? I have to be missing something, can you help me see it?
Answer:
You are not the first person to ask me that question. It needs to be understood that you are quoting Don Smith
and not myself. You should also understand that Don Smith does not reveal everything about any of his designs
and I, personally, do not by any means understand all that he says. The Don Smith devices are some of the most
difficult to understand and replicate. Don uses various techniques with his different designs although most of
those techniques appear to have a common background strategy for energy extraction from what he describes as
"the ambient background" and others call "the local environment".
Don goes into the overall principle for estimating the resonant frequency of a coil, where a factor of 247 comes
into play. However, a coil and capacitor combination resonate at a different frequency set by their combined
characteristics. This is clearly seen in a "crystal set" radio receiver. These very simple receivers can be tuned to
a radio station by adjusting the number of turns on a coil. The coil is generally built like a rheostat with a slider
connecting to each coil wind in turn.
The tuning relies on the fact that a coil of any particular characteristics such as length, diameter, core material,
turn spacing, etc., has one frequency at which it has a very high resistance to AC current flow through it. While
we don't tend to think of it as such, a radio signal coming down an aerial wire heading for an earth connection, is
actually an AC signal causing an AC current in the aerial and earth connections (and consequently, the coil
connected between them). If there happens to be a radio signal which is at that exact frequency, then it finds it
very hard to get through the coil and tries to find an easier way past the blockage. The radio builder provides that
easier path by connecting a germanium diode and a pair of headphones across the coil. Only that one radio
signal takes a detour through the headphones and so the listener only hears one radio station out of the many
coming down his aerial.
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