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about & disclaimer
Some testing with this circuit was conducted with over 1.5 kV. Please don't try this unless you have experience at lower voltages and take great care.

This picture shows an 813 based Hartley oscillator transmitter being tested with a makeshift power supply.

This transmitter was intended for the 160m (1.81-2.0 MHz) Amateur Radio band.

I dismantled it after a slightly disappointing period of testing and made another version using an 812A triode. This one works a whole lot better.

You can read more about this project and some others on my projects page.

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