I have Tried UF4007 diodes and Germanium diodes and not noticed any difference in voltages. I use a 100uF cap across my meter it's a digital meter. I am using White LED's The LED's light but not very bright. In the circuit that i use 3 LED's they all light dimly In the test where i use a diode in the earth path or Aerial path i get only about 0.6Volts on my output cap the output LED does not light, but when i switch to LED's in each leg to earth and Aerial All 3 Led's light and my output cap reads 1.99Volts, i would guess that the LED's are acting more like capacitors than diodes because with a normal diode i only get 0.6 volts on my output. Using 2 caps in the earth and aerial Leads instead of wire links makes little difference this just shows i am passing AC and there is no DC to block. if i use 2 back to back led's in the earth path and aerial path they both light, showing again i have AC. I did do a capacitor charge test, i charged a 33000uF cap and timed it to work out ruffly what current i was gaining, it came out at about 40uA i think(i should have written the results down DOH) The output voltage seems to vary throughout the night and day. The aerial i am using is a wide-band TV Aerial, and the earth i am using is the Mains Earth. I also left the 33000uF cap connected for over 12 hours without an LED connected and it went to 27.4 Volts before i finally disconnected it but it would have gone higher.(I think this proves i am receiving RE as normal AC transmission signal without a tuned circuit would not allow me to attain such a high voltage? - Please correct me if i am wrong) Any ideas are welcome.
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