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ALT-SCIENCE

ALT-SCIENCE or "Alternate Science" deals with topics that are considered "fringe" (at best)  by the "mainstream" scientific community.  The theories, practices, apparatus, devices, results, and conclusions (if any) are usually held at a discrete distance by this mainstream.  Some Alt-Science topics can be seductively intriguing, such as devices that purport to generate power output in excess of the power required to run them (so-called "over-unity"  or "free power" devices).  Other gadgets, gizmos, and theories deal with branches of science such as the physical, chemical, and biological sciences.  Others attempt to blend one or more belief systems with various artifacts, devices, gadgets, and/or ritual practice.

That being said, the intent of what follows is to present some of my own personal research, experiments, and experiences in this wildly entertaining (and sometimes thought provoking) area of the internet.  In my opinion, an intellect that has a true "geek" nature (a contemporary term, to be sure) should have no trouble assimilating this and other similar  material since analyzing and organizing this wonder-stuff is a key attribute of such personalities.

DISCLAIMER: The accuracy of information, thoroughness of research, and application of pure scientific rigor should not be assumed unless otherwise specifically stated and validated by yourself or other reputable parties.  As always, it is up to you, the reader, to determine what is relevant in the context of your own skills, abilities, personal experience and belief system.

Experiments

The Bedini Scalar-Beamer

This device is from the annals of what is affectionately called, "Weird Science".  More information about this device can be found at  http://www.amasci.com/freenrg/bedini.txt   Essentially, this device is supposed to produce "scalar waves".  If you follow the link mentioned above, the author mentions several experiments that he intended to try.  I'll only say that each is fairly "subjective", at least as stated.  A more analytical approach is recommended in order to obtain meaningful, repeatable results.  That being said, let it be known that I realize I'm living in a "glass house".  The experiment shown below is anything BUT analytical and repeatable and is mostly subjective except for the RF spectrum measurements.  

SUBJECTIVE OBSERVATIONS

While the device was operational, I would place my hand over the area where the "beams" are supposed to emanate from and as  I did so, would notice a slight tingling in my hand after a minute or two.  If I closed my eyes and passed my hand over the device, I could determine when my hand was directly over the device by the presence of what seemed to be a "cold" point sensation.  Strangely, this was only possible when the device was operational and seemed most pronounced when using the solid-state driver circuitry to energize the coil.  I must admit that I'm still somewhat skeptical and believe that it's entirely possible that the tingling sensation could have been due to muscle fatigue, air currents, or other common phenomena and the cold point simply the difference in temperature between the magnets and the table top.  A better experiment would have been to pass a sensitive thermistor over the device and note any variances.  However, all the skepticism aside, I encourage you to build one and try it yourself if you're so inclined.  I'll be happy to share other results not noted here if want to compare notes.

 



The device on the black square in the foreground is the scalar-beamer.  It is, essentially, two high-power magnets oriented with south poles oppossing poles (NS+SN) and bound together with plastic tie wraps.  200 turns of #28 enamel coated magnet wire is then wound in 1/2" wide layer around the magnets.  The coil is then engergized in one of two ways.  1.) A permanent magnet DC motor is connected in series with the coil and a wire-wound potentiometer.  The circuit is then driven from either a 12-VDC battery or a 12-VDC voltage regulated power supply[1].  2.)  A LM555 timer chip is configured for a 50% duty cycle and is used to drive a Siliconix brand power MOSFET; in this case a VN67AF.  The VN67AF is a power N-channel FET with the following specs:

Max Diss (W): 25, Max VDS (volts): 60, Max ID (A): 2, Gfs micro-mhos (typ): 250K, input C (pf): 33, output C (pf): 7, approx upper freq (Mhz): 100, case type: TO-3.  Used as an RF pwr. amp., high-current analog switching.

 
The Bedini Scalar-beamer prototype with both motor and solid-state  driver circuits. (The solid-state pulse driver circuit is implemented on the proto-board shown below.)  During the experiments, I frequently adjusted the duty-cycle of the LM555 timer circuit in order to achieve maximum broadband output from the device.  It is fair to say that no attempt was made to determine difference in performance between various permutations of possible device variables such as core material, pole reversal, or number of turns and size of wire.  Also note that no attempt was made to determine possible test lead resonances even though the connecting wires from the driver circuit (or battery) were approximately 3-feet in length.

[1] Maximum supply voltage is +10 VDC, regulated constant voltage.  Current draw was a nominal 600 milliamps.

 

RF Spectrum Analysis of the Scalar-Beamer device.

This was the baseline on the Cushman CE15 Spectrum Monitor prior to circuit activation.  Note the spikes in the 5-15Mhz (shortwave) bands, the 60Mhz and 90Mhz FM radio bands.

The pickup coil (not shown) consisted of a 50-ohm terminated, 25-turn bi-filar caudicus wound on a 3" O.D. x 2" long common, white, plastic pipe coupling; obtained from the local hardware store.

 

This photo shows the spectrum after activating the circuit using method #1, the D.C. motor driven by a battery.  The wire-wound resistor was used to vary the motor speed so as to maximize "sparking" of the contacts.  There was a point at which maximum RF output was obtained and this did not coincide with maximum RPM of the motor.


This photo shows the spectrum of the device when driven using method number 2, the solid-state MOSFET pulse circuit driven at approximately 20Hz by an LM555 timer at 50% duty cycle.  Note that the amplitude is greater and is even throughout the spectrum.  Essentially what we have is a very broad-band noise source that extends from audio up to and beyond 1GHz. 50MHz is the center frequency in this picture.  

CALIBRATION
The horizontal scale is set at 10Mhz per division.  The vertical scale is 10db per division with the top of the grid as 0db.  The system was calibrated prior to the measurments using the CE-15's internal 189.3Mhz @ -20dBm reference signal into a 50-ohm termination.

 
While it is not exactly the clearest picture, it does show that the emanations from the device extend evenly across the spectrum at approximately -20dBm.  500Mhz is the center frequency in this photo.

The center frequency here is 998Mhz, again with the horizontal scale at 10Mhz per division.  Note the large, heavy cluster of spikes near the 1Ghz point.  This is from the device and not from mobile phones or other external sources.
 

 

Links

 http://www.amasci.com/freenrg/bedini.txt

 

 
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