Grammar Question
JONATHAN HARE
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The rule of s– radio engineers is always have the one hand in one pocket … and just use one hand.
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KATE HUMBLE
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Really?
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JH
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Really yeah ‘cos if you’re holding the chassis of things and you get electrocuted, it’d be bad.
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KATHY SYKES
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Okay and the thing is, this huge voltage right … we’re expecting a little spark to happen inside there.
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JH
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Yeah basically when the current goes through, it produces a magnet … which attracts this … and then turns it off … and so initially all that energy that’s stored in there then produces the spark, it breaks down the air.
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KH
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Because … electricity can’t usually go through air, can it?
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KS
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No it’s just like a little tiny lightning bolt, okay?
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JH
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Breaks down the air …
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KS
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So it’s a little baby lightning strike.
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JH
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Yeah, not a big one …
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JH
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Yeah, not a big one …
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KH
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That’s incredible.
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JH
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It’s only going to be a little bit, but it shows you how much voltage there is.
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KH
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Okay, am I allowed to swap between you so I can see it?
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KS
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Sure.
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KH
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Okay well let’s hope it …
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KS
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All right, are you ready to go? Hand in pocket like Jonathan says, here we go … Oh wow!
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JH
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You can see the sparks.
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KH
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Bright blue!
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JH
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Yeah it’s lovely.
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KS
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Hey … hey hey hey I want to see now.
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KH
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So is it almost like when there is a storm going on, and you’re watching TV or you have a radio on, and you get … it’s like an interference or something, is that basically how this is working?
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JH
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Yeah, I mean this is actually producing radio waves but we don’t call it interference this time, because it’s actually a noise we want, but it’s radio waves, that interference is actually radio waves that you don’t want, so you call it interference.
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KS
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And you’re absolutely right, that’s what happens when lightning strikes.
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