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Edgardo
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Hello all,
I once wanted to plug two coaxial cables together (tv - antenna),
and when I touched the coaxial cable coming from the antenna,
I got an electric shock (a weak one, like if you get an electric shock if
you are charged and touch metal).
My questions:
1) Why did I get an electric shock (is it because a coaxial cable
is a capacitor)? And when do I get those electric shocks?
I often touched the coaxial cable and nothing happened.
2) If you take an oscilloscope and measure the voltage of the antenna
coaxial cable, do you get a signal? Do you also measure current?
What does the signal look like?
Does the signal from a DVD look different than the signal from the antenna?
I once wanted to plug two coaxial cables together (tv - antenna),
and when I touched the coaxial cable coming from the antenna,
I got an electric shock (a weak one, like if you get an electric shock if
you are charged and touch metal).
My questions:
1) Why did I get an electric shock (is it because a coaxial cable
is a capacitor)? And when do I get those electric shocks?
I often touched the coaxial cable and nothing happened.
2) If you take an oscilloscope and measure the voltage of the antenna
coaxial cable, do you get a signal? Do you also measure current?
What does the signal look like?
Does the signal from a DVD look different than the signal from the antenna?