OT: Scam electronics

"William Sommerwerck" wrote in news:ieg0ht$554$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:

I can remember when drugstores had lunch counters and soda fountains. also a real wood phone booth with a rotary-dial phone. IIRC,a call was a nickel.

Sit close to it.

PlainBill

The end of the last line says its HDTV:

Enjoy watching your favorite TV shows anywhere with this Digital Prism ATSC-300 Portable Handheld LCD Digital TV!

The ATSC-300 features a 3.5-inch color LCD display, integrated ATSC TV tuner and an external antenna. It's ideal for travel, outdoor sporting events or during emergencies. It also comes with an FM radio so you can to listen to music or talk shows!

Plug in the earbud headphones into the headphone jack so you can watch and listen without disturbing those around you. This portable TV features a 320 cd/m2 brightness, 25 ms response time, and 55° horizontal and 60° vertical viewing angles. The built-in stand holds the portable TV upright for convenient viewing!

A Lithium-Polymer rechargeable battery is included as are AC and DC car power adapters for use in your home or car power outlet. In addition, its handheld design fits in a backpack or travel bag for complete portability. Never miss a show or sporting event while you're away from home with this Digital Prism ATSC-300 portable handheld HDTV!

is the 7" LCD TV I have, but I paid about $20 for it. It is part of my hurricane emergency supplies. It fits in the case with my medicine along with some LED flashlights, a SW radio nd a couple weeks worth of batteries.

Yes, the latter explanation is the theory that I have subscribed to. The rockets that I had didn't have a capacitor. In fact, I bought a reproduction rocket radio from a vendor at a hamfest about 10 years ago, and it doesn't have a capacitor either. So the only reasonable explanation has to be the coil's own capacitance. The coil is a multilayered honeycomb wound coil, so it has lots of distributed capacitance.

Thanks for the response,