An ambient energy collector for use in AC/DC applications is described. The ambient energy collector has at least one ambient energy collecting antenna system and a master control unit for operational control of the at least one ambient energy collecting antenna system. The ambient energy collector has a DC voltage boosting circuit for increasing an input voltage, a DC primer power source for powering up the voltage boosting circuit via the input voltage, at least one antenna system for collecting ambient energy, an energy collection circuit for converting and amplifying an AC voltage collected by the antenna of the at least one antenna system into a DC voltage, and an output circuit for providing a load with the DC voltage.