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RE: Tcoils/ free energy. Yes a coil CAN power something.

Hello John/Reinhard et al,
                                   Sorry, but can I put my 2d's worth into
this debate!

As far as I understand it, the only way that Tesla would have theoretically
achieved near loss free global transmission of power would have been by
using what is now known as the Schumann (sp?) cavity or Schumann resonance.

That is the earth's natural ionospheric cavity resonance of 7 to 8 Hz and,
by using it as waveguide, transmit 8Hz A.C power through it without loss.

Of course, the waveguide "probe" would have to be nearly half the width of
the cavity, so he would have needed an 8 Hz resonator or oscillator and a
100 mile or so high antenna!

Clearly, totally impractical, even for the engineering genius of Nikola
Tesla, but would this have been the transmission of Hertzian waves, or the
currents you mentioned John? 

Interesting stuff.    (Hopefully not too far off topic Terry?)  

                   Thanks,     Martin Dale  TCBON, Nottingham UK



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> From: 	Tesla List[SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, February 09, 1999 2:12PM
> To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: 	Re: Tcoils/ free energy. Yes a coil CAN power something.
> 
> Original Poster: "John H. Couture" <COUTUREJH-at-worldnet.att-dot-net> 
> 
> 
>   Reinhard -
> 
>   Sorry Reinhard, but your uderstanding of what Tesla had in mind for his
> world electric system is not correct. Tesla was an engineer and knew very
> well that Hertz's waves could not be used for powering electrical motors,
> lighting, etc. only for communication. Only currents can be used to
> transmit
> large amounts of electrical energy without excessive transmitting losses. 
> 
> Electric energy can only be transmitted in two ways, by currents or by
> electromagnetic radiation (Hertzian waves). It is important for coilers to
> know the differences between these two electrical transmission methods.
> Tesla tried very hard to make the electrical people of his day understand
> these two methods. Even today, there is confusion over what these two
> systems can do. The Tesla coil has the capability of transmitting
> magawatts
> of power at ultra high voltages using the ionosphere as the current
> conductor with very low transmitting losses. This cannot be done with
> electromagnetic radiation. 
> 
>   John Couture
> 
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> 
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